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The first trainer I started decoying with had me do the following
- have 3 people: You (decoy) 2nd (human dog) 3rd (handler). the trainer would give out different senerios for me to do, the HD would act them out and use there hands to bite my arm, legs & body. "this helps you to understand how to much with the dog from cushioning into yourself while the dog comes at you, how to go with the motion of the dog, to target biting.
- the other thing would be he would work a dog, have me stand there and watch the dog (only the dog) and while working the dog would ask me what I was seeing in the dog body lang, fear to aggresssion. he would also have me look for the different drives.
Now I myself have started creating a work out routine to help condition my body for the impact its gonna go thru. I am really pleased with how I am progressing to be stronger in areas that are very needed. from Core of body to knees to shoulders.
When catching the dog dont be mad at yourself for when you did wrong but learn from the mistakes, ask what you did wrong so you can think about it and figure out how you can create a better way to solve it and do better.
I have video tape myself decoying all the time and I watch over and over again to see how I am progressing, I actually take my videos as if I am in class. I have a journel of how I am doing what I have done and what my mistakes are.
Best of luck in the decoy world.
