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Working Service 

The following are some articles written by Mike written over a number of years, giving us an insight into the philosophy of Working Service Training.


Part 1
In working service one soon comes to realize the driving yet patient force of the training which shall be known as the work.

It is important to note the work entails all emotions and their understanding in relationship to and between the dog and handler.

The work can only exist in its natural form.
Man cannot way or change the work by using tricks or forced training techniques. Only man would try to justify his shortcomings to produce new improved natural ability. This is not possible to exist in the work. Yet the desire, which drives man to these lengths, is truly the work and must be treated as such.
To hide or deny these human traits is to come out of the work. For when we face these traits with our dogs they are no more than hurdles, once conquered, they become confidence to draw upon. Left they become places of weakness.

Each step into the work with our dog must be natural and open without preteens. Time and time again we will come under self-judgement. This must never become damning, for it then is outside of the work, effecting both dog and handler.
Constructively taken as an exercise, all is for the benefit of the team. In growth and understanding we continue into the heart of the work.

We must realize the dog is a guide and protector as we share our senses and abilities in a world of learning. To understand our place collectively upon this earth is to understand our fellow man, in times when he does not understand himself. We then come into the service and working service which is also deeply embedded into the work.

Man is outwardly vain. Inwardly lost, what we do not understand, we condemn. Through the guise of obedience we force through intimidation, or bribe through food offerings, trying to get our dogs to come under our control.

I believe this disgusts the dog.

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Written by Mike McConnery, Taken From the Working Service Archives



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