Armin Winkler
Unsung Heroes
Unsung Heroes By Armin Winkler The 2002 USA National SchH 3 Championship in Gadsden, Alabama set a record as the largest Schutzhund event...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 11 min
Fundamentals of Aggression Control
Fundamentals of Aggression Control By Armin Winkler The term “Aggression Control” is used in K9 training, to label the apprehension phase...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 20 min
The Winkler Aggression Model
The term “Aggression” In our society, the word “aggression” is being used very casually. A person who puts a great effort into his work...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 6 min
The Shaped Retrieve
The Shaped Retrieve by Gunn Anita Winkler The concept of shaping isn't always the most efficient way to teach or modify behavior, but for...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 4 min
Note on Tracking from the ART List
I am pretty careful with tracking because I believe that we don't ever know 100% what is going on in the dog. So a lot of evaluation is...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 13 min
Tracking Part II
Part 1 of this article was a discussion of the fundamental concepts of tracking and teaching tracking. I'd like to focus part 2 on a...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 23 min
TRACKING PART ONE
Only the NOSE really KNOWS; a tracking perspective By Armin Winkler Tracking books, videos, articles, and seminars have one thing in...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 6 min
Helmut Raiser's View on Which Drives Are Useful During Protection Training
Prey-drive, defense-drive, fighting-drive, etc. are the catch phrases of modern protection training. They are thrown around at every...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 14 min
Protection Obedience: a Closer Look
It's club training day, phase B training is coming to an end. Time for the good stuff: Protection. Once the helpers, training directors...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 15 min
Defense Drive Promotion
In the last two articles I had the opportunity to discuss Prey Drive Promotion. I feel that protection training should always begin...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 15 min
Problem Solving in the Hold and Bark
After my last article I was really stumped for my next topic. There are so many things one can write about. But with a lot of topics I...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 13 min
Bitesuit-work for Schutzhund Dogs
A few weeks ago I got into a bit of a debate with another trainer over the fact that I did bitesuit work with a dog who is destined to be...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 9 min
Two Sides to Everything
A good foundation is where everything starts. I've covered foundation topics over the past few months and looking back, I think I missed...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 16 min
Getting a Grip
At my seminars, I like to address specific training issues the dog handlers feel is their dogs' weakest point in protection. I would say...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 13 min
Prey Drive Promotion Part II
As promised, here is the second part of my article on prey drive promotion. Naturally, I won't start at the beginning of prey drive...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 8 min
Prey Drive Promotion Part I
Following my article in the Nov/Dec issue I was asked to continue discussing the drives used in protection training in short articles. I...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 22 min
Dog Terms Part II
Tell Me About Your Dog! I believe that reading dogs is one of the most important parts of dog training. We can only modify behavior if...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 16 min
DOG Terms Part I
Tell Me About Your Dog Many terms used in dog training today had a certain meaning assigned to them through the way they were used. But...
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Armin Winkler
- Mar 21
- 18 min
The “Idiocracy” of “Science” in Dog Training
For the readers unfamiliar with the term “idiocracy”, it is a movie from 2006. A satirical comedy outlining the deterioration of...
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