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Agreed Seriously LC, could you show us a video of your dog in competition?

I've been told I should look ahead and not at my dog, and yet my OH videoed my last trial and I felt I looked disconnected from my dog. I'm now going to try for a happy medium of looking slightly ahead of her but not directly ahead. I have to admit though the original reason I was told to look "up" was to help me walk in a straight line

It's not something I've heard of (and I'm SE Qld). The only thing I've been told is no matter where you choose to have your hand you should keep that position for the whole ring workout ie. don't let your hand swing one minute and then hold it to your waist the next minute as this could be seen as a double signal

I started training in the '70's Huski in the days when your dog was obedience trained properly you threw your leash away and the dog was motivated to work for you with the only reward system being verbal praise..........we didn't use food at all. It would be foolish to suggest that yesterdays dogs couldn't work, they did brilliantly and better than some of today, no food, no clickers and no leash.............so how was that achieved back then I ask the people who claim without food, toys and clickers that you can't train a dog??? And how many scent hounds did you see working in competition obedience back then? How many have you trained to high levels of reliability? So Uta Bindels who is a world champion and winner of prestigious Schutzhund and IPO comps has unreliable dogs who lack motivation in their work? I'm interested in your answer to this too Longcoat I have to say I have trialed in the 70's too (now I'm giving my age away ) and yes there were "some" beautifully trained dogs then, but I prefer the drive and enthusiasm I see in the trial rings of today

Just past Oxley, so Southside

Really

This is my "workshop girl" not long after we brought her home. We have a mechanical repair workshop and from eight weeks of age she has accompanied me to work four days a week. She spends most of her day in the office with me as I'm not keen on her freely walking around the workshop with cars being moved around all the time. At lunch time she's allowed out the back for a toilet break (although she will let me know if she wants to go any other time), and she takes her time and has a good sniff at all the smells. I watch her closely when she's walking around the workshop as there's plenty of things there that would be dangerous if she decided to eat them. I thoroughly recommend it as we have three dogs and they have all spent time at work from eight weeks of age, but be prepared for a bit of hard work in the beginning because they are only babies and need a lot of care, attention and learn some basic obedience pretty quickly. You also need to remember your dog is not safe until it receives it's final puppy vaccination, so make sure no other unvaccinated dogs have access to the workshop area.

In that case you will require a "box" of tissues

It's a real tear jerker for the dog lover, that's for sure. The affection of Hachi and his master was very well captured, and really engages the audience. Cried buckets :p and I was the only female in the room As was said previously, the story took a turn I wasn't expecting

That's right Erny ;). Next time my girl's due (3yrs time) for her vaccination I will get a reminder from the vet who was willing to use it NOW, and so I will be returning to them for her next three yearly vaccination!

Me too, and another

Can I suggest that instead of fighting the hole digging (and I've had dog's still digging at 12yrs of age ) you go with it. In other words make him his own sandpit, bury toys in it and encourage him to dig there. Put the sandpit in an area which will get shade through the day and show him it's a good place to dig. I've had two GSD's years ago that dug holes in the garden all their life, however my next GSD discovered the kids sandpit (not used as kids had outgrown it) and from there on we have always made sure our dogs had their own spot to dig. We have not had a hole dug in the yard since :D ETA I also tried the poo's, balloons, upside-down mousetraps - the sandpit has been the only thing that has had a 100% success rate.

This is a great thread, and very timely for me as I've just gone through the exercise of trying to find a vet who'll give the three yearly vaccination. I have been using the same veterinary hospital for the last 15 years but have had to go elsewhere for the C3 vaccination as they would not get it in. I rang three differents vets before I finally found one that would give my dog the C3 vaccination. All of them told me how important the kennel cough vaccination was, and that she should be receiving the C5 every year. I have three dogs (the other two aren't due for there's yet) and the other two have both had kennel cough despite being vaccinated. And yes, it would have been a different strain of kennel cough to what they were vaccinated for but one of them nearly died and the cost to save him was over $3000 as he ended up with pneumonia!!! The other one also had a trip to the vets with his kennel cough but was fortunate to make a quick recovery on AB's. I would only consider the kennel cough vaccination if I was going to board them in kennels.

A well fitted halti doesn't restrict panting. You're not confusing a "halti" with a muzzle are you? Muzzle's will restrict panting and that's a problem for all breeds, a "halti" as poodlefan's aready pointed out, shouldn't restrict panting

You can also use this exercise at mealtime. When feeding her make her sit and "look" at you, with full eye contact. You can start with just a few seconds and then gradually increase the time you would like her to look at you. I do this exercise with my food obsessed GR and I can now put his chicken frame in his bowl and he will immediately sit in front of it and watch me intently waiting for me to give him permission to eat Sorry to go OT just had to agree with Longcoat :D

Are you talking about the judges training? I've been to one at Oxley, but it was quite a while ago now. Maybe if you give the CCC Qld (or whatever they call themselves now) a call they might be able to help you :rolleyes: Apparently trainee judges are the ones who do them? I am just keen to do some proper run outs with Daisy in a trial like situation. The one I did was the same as a trial, but there were three judges outside the ring and they were "judging" the trainee judge. It was good practice and as far as you and your dog are concerned it's the same as a "normal" trial.

Are you talking about the judges training? I've been to one at Oxley, but it was quite a while ago now. Maybe if you give the CCC Qld (or whatever they call themselves now) a call they might be able to help you :rolleyes:

Hmmmmmmmm......... . . . . .

Not quite sure what you mean by "snippy" , but above was my last post, and there are certainly others questioning the "training technique" of the club being discussed.

Ms Faye you may not realise this but you are in the Training/Obedience/Dog Sport forum of DOL so you will find people will want to discuss "training methods" here

:D You have to be a GR owner to fully appreciate this book. I've just finished it and although I also own two GSD's it's totally for the GR lovers out there.

And just what is correcting the dog for running off once you catch it going to do to proof a recall? If the dog is notorious for running away off leash then it shouldn't be let off leash while it's still unreliable at recall. I have to agree with huski and I'm wondering why this question hasn't been answered Ms Faye :D I always thought the first rule for an off lead recall was if you don't have a reliable recall the dog should not be let off the lead.

I'm glad I'm not the only one - I thought I was just being a sook! Congratulations on a "scratch-free" return to the ring with Jedi, TerraNik

That was my first thought too

It's called Silkstone not Blackstone Veterinary Hospital - just in case OP's looking for the phone number