Bitework
Join our weekly "bite night" with your bitey dog and learn all about the sport of Mondioring. While Dabble Dog Sports is not an official mondio club, we have aspirations to be! We're just a fledgling group of trainers that are passionate about biting sports and the protection breeds.
Our philosophy on bitework
Dabble Dog Sport's approach to bitework is identical to our approach to every other form of training; it should be fun for everyone! Progress is systematic and led by the dog; we start with smaller, soft rags and wedges, and progress to sleeves and eventually suits. We incorporate control and obedience as soon as feasible with each individual dog, and make a big effort to ensure that the dog sees bitework only in a certain context (thus preventing the dog from becoming a liability).
While we encourage anyone interested to dip their toes in, we leave it to the dog to decide whether it's for them or not. A natural part of training will involve a degree of stress and pressure on the dog, but we will not continue training with dogs who lack motivation, nerve and stability.
We are training to eventually compete in the sport of Mondioring, thus the style of biting is geared more towards suit-sports/leg bites. Note also that we are training for SPORT and not real world protection. We do nothing that resembles real life scenarios.
Will my dog suit bite night?
It wasn't so long ago that a mean, scared, and angry dog was a 'good quality' biting dog. These days, only stable, confident, motivated, and happy dogs tend to be selected for the sports.
Your dog should like chasing and biting things.
Your dog should be fit and healthy
Play and bite work tend to be very tiring activities, and therefore it's important that your dog is physically sound and fit.
All breeds welcome
Although the dogs most suited to bitework are those bred specifically for it, (Malinois, Shepherds, Rottweilers and Dobermans) really, any dog that enjoys tug can enjoy the training process.
Harnessing a dogs innate prey drive is a huge part of a good training program. The dog will see the biting as part of a game, it is always fun, even when the 'prey' starts to become attached to a person.
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