Quote Originally Posted by Wildtim View Post
It is true that you need a confident dog to take on a man. Constant praise won't help though. You want them to feel confident fighting something that is twice their weight and three times their height (their perspective). They gain confidence from a series of successes against their opponent each gradually more challenging until they feel that they can take whatever a man can dish out. This is a slow progression over a period of at least months and during that time you will give a lot of praise but it isn't the key component.

Based on their other suggestion I would question their methods beyond that? If you can't say something nice....
Thanks. I suspected something along those lines

James.