What is Mondioring?

There are many types of such competitions. Moreover, each country has its own dog training school. But how then to evaluate the skills of a pet at the international level? It is for this purpose that cynologists from Switzerland, Belgium and Holland created a unified system of training, the name of which literally translates as “world ring” – mondioring.

This system was designed to combine three main systems training – French, German and Dutch. At first, mondioring was widely used in Europe, and a little later this system became interested in overseas – in the USA and Canada.

In addition to the generally accepted elements of training systems, such as guarding, protection, obedience, sports elements, mondioring includes other tasks that take place against the background of distractions. For example, during the passage of an obstacle course, shots may be heard, or water is poured on the animal during protection.

This, among other things, allows us to show that the dog is able not to lose vigilance in any situation and perform this particular task, without being distracted even by physical impact.

All in one field

The first stage of the mondioring competition includes 7 points, which at first glance seem not at all difficult. For example, show the execution of commands “Nearby”, “Sit”, “To lie down” or “Stand”. Or the pet must bring the specified item. Basically, it’s quite simple.

But it just seems easy. Most often, mondioring competitions have some kind of common theme. For example, Harvest Festival. This means that in addition to the judge distracting the dog and his assistant (who, by the way, follows the speaker inseparably, showing the next element), there may be carts with hay (and foreign smells, of course), garden scarecrows or toys depicting livestock. Under such conditions, it is more difficult for the dog to concentrate on the execution of commands, but this is exactly what mondioring requires from him.

The second stage of the competition is the agility test. Even before the start, the owner chooses an obstacle – for example, a picket fence or a wall, overcoming which the pet must demonstrate.

The final part of mondioring is the host defense elements. The dog must show the ability to repel a frontal attack, the pursuit of the fleeing “enemy”, as well as the direct protection of the owner from the attacker.

Pros and cons of “generalization”

A distinctive feature of mondioring is the method of interaction between a person and a dog. At competitions, pets perform not only without a leash, but even without a collar. And consequently, all “management” of the dog is carried out exclusively by voice, but the number of commands that can be given is limited by the rules of the competition.

This type of training has gained popularity due to the fact that it helps to reveal not only the physical fitness of the dog, but also the animal’s own intelligence, its readiness to completely trust the person or, on the contrary, to make an independent decision. True, in mondioring, in addition to pluses, there are significant minuses. Some breeds of dogs can become aggressive if encouraged in the ring to bite an intruder; others, having become accustomed to the fact that it is forbidden to hurt the dog in competitions, may be frightened in the face of a real attack. To avoid such situations, dogs are carefully selected for participation in mondioring competitions. Usually involved german shepherds, and, for example, prone to aggression Doberman try not to take it.

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