Product Review

This DVD was produced back in 1999 with Barnhard Flinks. Bernhard is a German Police K9 handler. In the past 10 years training concepts and methods have changed. In my opinion marker training (read my free ebook on markers) has taken over the world of dog training and this video does not involve markers. I continue to offer the DVD because it does have merit as a different form of dog training. The majority of the work in this DVD uses a ball-on-string as a reward. Ten years after producing this video I no longer feel that a ball-on-a-string is an appropriate reward for young untrained dog. Balls-on-string can be used an effective obedience reward but only after a dog has reached a certain level training: The dog must tug with enthusiasm It must OUT when told to OUT on the first command It must willingly return the ball to the handler after the ball has been released The work to accomplish this is covered in the 5 1/2 hour DVD I did with Michael Ellis titled THE POWER OF PLAYING TUG WITH YOUR DOG.