Vit Singh Part 5 Final Kris Kotsopoulos Re Breeding, Training and Mental Tactics for Protection Dogs

April 8, 2012 - PRLog -- The information presented is philosophical as much as it is technical and is orientated to all elements that must be present before complex training can commence with a view that every training session must be a structured and a positive occasion for the dog and handler with the idea that thoughtless forced learning will only lead to resistance and make application of this theory almost impossible.

The correct dog is also as critical for a quality result. For if all the correct behaviours are not instinctually present, our job of mental and physical preparation is impossible for any working dog application.

Additionally care needs to be exercised so that the dog is not over stimulated as its cognitive function wil be impaired as much as if the dog is experiencing anxiety and fear. The chemical imbalance in the brain reduces cognitive functioning and poor learning results in the dog:

Unfortunately for dogs, once conditioned fears are learned, they can be amplified and encoded as relatively permanent emotional memories that distort reality. Stress is a fairly ubiquitous phenomenon in the life of most dogs and dogs don’t have the cognitive ability to be cured with psychotherapy. The right dose of negative feedback is therefore critical and is determined by each and every dog’s individual reflexive mechanism and thresholds.

It gets much deeper and too deep for this interview but it will all be in the book. The above are some traits and responses that we must take into consideration and they influence my choice in the dog I breed with and the dogs in the past that exhibit or produced were German Shepherds - Gento v Haus Larwin, Robby Glockeneck, Hassan V Gruntal, Amando Yonny DDR in Melbourne, Dares zum Geradonu, Link v Muikenshof, Tom vant Leefdaalhof, Stobar Hardt, Von Forell Pamela and her three brothers, Queck v der Kroteck, Amando Victor, Stormfronts Brawnson, Sirk v Haus Antverpa, Dobermanns - Kleo v der Weyermühle, Ilo v der Weyermühle, Gero vd Mooreiche, Gero Mooreiche, a male dobermann in Melbourne currently and of course there are others which I will mention on the website.

I will eventually be uploading these visual traits on our website for the book upon its release so that the “Optimal Function Zone” model is identifiable. Many of my international colleagues have wished me luck for they comment that there are not many people that will recognise them. I tend to disagree, the world is getting smaller and smarter and I believe people will see it, maybe not in the short term but definitely in the long term as their world view evolves.  


It has been said that you are a futurist tell us about the Embryonic Transfer and Cloning project Von Forell International have been working on?

In 1999 a Veterinary Surgeon that was working out of Melbourne who had a government grant for Embryonic Transfer assisted me in flushing ova from my 11 year old female “Tanne v d Gleisdreick” Sch 111 FH. Tannne was a Lord v Gleisdreick daughter which I am sure you are familiar with. Dr Metcalfe flushed 10 ova from Tanne and inseminated five with Hassan V Gruntal Sch 1 DDR and Natan V Busecker Schloss Sch111 FH and the ova did in fact fertilise and showed cleavage. The ova were then frozen for an opportune time in the future to be implanted into a surrogate mother. Unfortunately technology has not caught up yet and we are waiting for the day when we will have Tanne puppies in the 21st Century. The reality is there is not enough money in dogs for the technology to warrant capital investment. If they were cattle or horses it may have happened by now. I am happy to accept financial contribution from anyone in the world that has some funding available and make this happen. It will be a World first. So please feel free to contact me on info@vonforell.com

About a year later I asked Dr Metcalfe if we could take skin samples from certain dogs in a future effort to clone them when the technology would catch up. We took samples of Tanne v d Gleisdreick Sch 111 FH, Hassan v Gruntal Sch1 DDR, Fax v Grenzganger Sch 11 FH, Security Tolis, and Asa v Haus Gebets. Well would you believe a few years ago the Koreans cloned one Afghan hound and seven Labradors. You can see what we are up to on these links http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/time-to-send-i...

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http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/aussies-clone-exp....  

I believe working alongside a quality breeding program cloning, if it works; will create a situation where global breeding systems can develop exponentially. People can have access to those great dogs in every country simultaneously and the raw character traits in theory should be the same manipulated only by environment. Wouldn’t it be interesting to see individual training systems and their impact on cloned dogs? Imagine what can be achieved on a breeding and training level. I will leave that image in your minds to ponder.

I love technology and Von Forell International is a company that is driven by science, technology and the future.

I hope this sheds some light on what we are up too Vit and thank you for asking the questions. I look forward to meeting up with you in Miami or Europe.

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