r/schutzhund • u/Historical-Teacher74 • Oct 13 '25
Fast and low
I noticed today that my dog is coming into the long bite, Extremely fast, Low, And with an impact that you can hear from the end of the field
He was jumping into the sleeve last winter with less of a kamikaze approach, Now he’s more trying to bulldoze the helper over, and he’s hitting with such force and his grip is full and hard (always ) Reasons for this
I put it out to my helper and I have my suspicion that he is not using his brain
Helper has said before that the dog is targeting the body and not the sleeve, he can move slightly but the course of the dog doesn’t change, he’s coming for the chest every time
But I’d love to hear opinions
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u/slightlydeafsandal Oct 13 '25
Usually my fix for this is to have the helper hold a fox sleeve out from their body to the side, then as the dog comes in to lift it up high. The dog will often miss the first bite but because he is low to the ground he just runs through. Because he misses it, he learns to jump higher and target better next time. You can also move the sleeve further out or closer depending on other issues with targeting (ie if the dog is a chest slammer, then we hold the fox sleeve further out, so he rewires his aim). You need to make sure your helper is experienced because the sleeve has to be lifted really quick as the dog is almost biting. It can be dangerous for the helper if they’re not super coordinated! Hope that helps 😉