Sam Perrie Trains Obedience Dogs (and Their Owners)

Although this comprehensive book on obedience training has been published as a primer for the beginner a revisional reference book for the more experienced trainer/competitor and a manual for the professional instructor, it has also been very simply written and presented so that even the most unskilled and inexperienced dog owner will have no difficulty in understanding it and of following the instructional exercises it contains.It is solidly based upon the philosophies and knowledge of animal behaviour pioneered by Ivan Pavlov, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1904 for his work on the conditioned reflexes of animals. It deals with the reasons behind the methods of training described within its pages and urges the trainer to adhere to common sense and logic and to take an open minded approach towards any of the problems they may experience with their dogs. Whilst doing so, it explodes some of the myths and half truths of those who call themselves 'Animal behaviourists', 'Canine Behavioural consultants', 'Dog Whisperers' and many other self proclaimed pseudo-scientific esoteric variations of what should really be pragmatic and un-complicated exercises in logic.It covers the correct usage of the words of command and other signals, the disadvantages and uselessness of shouting and bullying the dog and of using threatening behaviour, the illogical introduction of extra words of command, 'in' phrases and wild meaningless gestures. It tells what should be expected of the fully trained dog and shows how to achieve it. It deals with the natural and instinctive behaviour of the dog as opposed to trained and learned behaviour and goes on to tell how the selection of the right type of dog with a natural instinct or flair for the type of work the trainer wishes him to carry out can make an enormous difference to the task of training him.The book covers the need for self discipline and consistency as well as the need to inculcate these qualities into the trained dog.The whole book is written in clear easily understood language with every aspect of the training exercises explained in full and graphic detail and reinforced with over 45 photographs in full colour and black and white which illustrate perfectly and precisely exactly what the text describes. Not only is this book extremely easy to read and understand, but it is so devastatingly logical in its presentation that it defies any viable argument. It is an invaluable addition to the bookshelf and the armoury of any serious dog trainer.

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The author has 60 years continuous unbroken experience in the training of dogs. He exhibited his first German Shepherd Dog in 1946 and competed in Obedience in 1947. He was a kennel lad at Crayford and Bexleyheath Greyhound Stadium in 1948 where he learned the basic skills of kennel management including the importance of a regular routine, good kennel hygiene proper foods and feeding, exercise and grooming. Enlisting in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps in 1950 he served as a dog handler at the RAVC Headquarters at Melton Mowbray and in 1951 was posted to the Canal Zone of Egypt, where he became the only man ever to qualify as an Army BII (First Class) Dog Trainer whilst still a private soldier; a feat which has never been emulated to this day. In order to qualify as a First Class Dog Trainer in those days the aspirant had to actually train one dog from every category and show it working in front of a testing Board of Officers and then pass a comprehensive Oral Examination on all aspects of dog handling and training.. The dogs to be trained included a Guard Dog, an Infantry Patrol Dog, a Liaison or Messenger Dog, a Pack Carrying Dog and the dogs popularly known as "Sniffer Dogs" which included the Tracking Dog the Mine Detection Dog and the Casualty Detection Dog. This latter was a dog that was trained to detect any casualties following an enemy ambush or engagement. The Army Dog Training Trade Test was restricted solely to personnel of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. It was, therefore, not possible for anyone from any other Arm or Corps to have gained that qualification..Sam Perrie accomplished the task within his first three years service. During his time in the Middle East he specialised in the training of Guard Dogs and the handling and rehabilitation of over-aggressive and "problem" dogs. These were extremely aggressive and single minded animals the training of which had been directed mainly towards stopping and disabling an armed intruder. Obedience and control was not considered to be particularly necessary with the type of dog that the Army was turning out and using at that time. Most of the dogs were perfectly capable of killing a man and several of them actually done so and had kills entered on their AF B270 (Dog Record Card) together with the value of the property they had recovered or prevented from being stolen whilst on duty. In those days a high proportion of "VP" or "Vulnerable Point" dogs As they were known were used as "Compound Dogs" which meant that they were locked in a compound or shed during the hours of darkness without a handler. This deployment is no longer practised by the British Army as it is against the law. When National Servicemen were sent home for demobilisation their dogs would have to be handed over to a new and usually inexperienced dog handler who would have to be taught to handle them. Before this could be carried out safely, the dog had to be handled by an experienced trainer and then handed over to the new man. This became Sam Perrie's specialty and when one considers that most of these dogs had been trained to attack everyone on sight. with the exception of their own handlers and that they had only ever known one handler during the whole of that time, it was quite a demanding task and one which stood him in good stead for the rest of his life. For several months he was entrusted with the running of the Garrison Rabies Kennels wherein suspected rabid dogs or their canine contacts were kept in quarantine for fourteen days. If they showed no symptoms of rabies during that time they were either offered back to the family concerned or painlessly destroyed. As a result of this risky task he was given the mandatory seven subcutaneous injections in the stomach. In 1951 the War Dog Training Unit had two Dakota aircraft fuselages mounted on poles 12 feet from the ground. Dogs were trained to run up the ramp and hurl themselves out of the door on t

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