Training these dogs is not always easy. Sometimes it is even forced, but it came easy with two of my dogs, Louie, and Xena. They are both a mix of Dutch shepherd and Belgian Malinois. Louis is about five months old and when we first got him and was a bit chubby. We started calling him nugget and at this point he does not really know his actual name and we sometimes forget that his name is Louie. We have started to train Louie on narcotics.
Our newest dog to our pack is Xena she is about one years old. One of our friends could not handle her and all of her energy so we thought why not. Xena is a 70-pound female and she will only get bigger. Females are usually never this big. When first getting to know her, I was a bit scared only because we gave her a tennis ball to play with and she ripped it up in less than two minutes. Needless to say, she is a beast. We also started her on narcotics as well, but we will also do some bite work with her eventually. After getting to know he when she is not working, she is the sweetest, cuddliest dog ever unless you are a tall large male coming at her then you do not want to mess with her.
When starting a dog on narcotics you have to find something they absolutely adore, like a tennis ball. We have a little black box that has a hole through the top. We place any kind of drug into the box. We also place the tennis ball in there but that gets placed on an electronic spring. When letting the dog go sniff it and when they look at it, we let the tennis ball go and they are now allowed to play with the ball. This way they associate a tennis ball with that smell. When they are getting the smell down we get them to sit at the box the powder is in to let us know when they have found it.
For the Love of Paws 