Mamba in a Car-Jacking Scenario
Mamba, a Dutch Shepherd, waits at the open front passenger window of an SUV as a decoy approaches in a staged car-jacking training scenario.
A staged scenario with a decoy who is in on it. What it rehearses is a dog working from inside a vehicle — a confined space, a window, a person in the seat beside it — rather than on an open field.
Scenario work like this is about context, not drama. The dog is harnessed in the front passenger seat with a person in the driver’s seat holding the line, and the decoy who reaches in through the window is wearing bite-suit trousers. Watch the start and the end as closely as the middle: the dog is at the window before the approach and back at the window afterwards. Whether a dog will engage a person who is not wearing obvious gear is a separate question, and the one buyers should ask about.
More Films
Zorro lying on a dog bed at home, grooming and play-wrestling with a black-and-white cat, both of them relaxed.
A reddish-brown dog on a red leash sits facing a decoy in a bite suit, is walked away by its handler, and keeps to his left leg while the decoy follows close behind and then comes up on the dog’s side.
A fawn young dog trailing a long line leaps onto a decoy in a grey bite suit and keeps hold of him while he turns and walks, a stick held down across its back.
All 9 films, with a line on what each one is worth watching for.
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