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Thanks lovely. When is your next trial??

What happened to the e-collar with 1000 levels?? Thanks Mas Let's hope so.

Possibly because she's reeeeally old and finds bending over a challenge?? K9: Hopefully too old to have DOL internet.... PMSL! Better delete all the cheeky things I've posted about you then Steve now I know you're reading this thread

Possibly because she's reeeeally old and finds bending over a challenge??

Crossing everything for you! Me too, my nerves are a killer, it is not Daisy that stuffs it up but me Our judge is the judge we had in our first ever trial, she is the only judge Daisy has ever broken a SFE under. The judge is older and sort of rested her hand on Daisy's head and Daisy stepped back with a WTF look on her face so you can guess what I have been training a lot of with our SFEs

Great work Sas - what a huge improvement!! We have a trial this weekend, Daisy's stay training has been going well and she did a two minute down stay in the pouring rain on Monday night so fingers crossed she keeps it up and we get through stays (and all the other exercises) and do them well like I know she can.

Quickasyoucan I don't know anything about scent detection either (I would love to learn more one day!) but when I think about my scent hound I know the act of scenting alone is highly rewarding. She could scent all day with no reward other than the drive satisfaction she gets from putting her nose to the ground. I don't know what it's like for working dogs trained to do scent detection but scenting can definitely be it's own reward.

But what are "police dog training methods" and how do you think a police dog trainer would train a Basenji to do reliable heel work with them? Do you think that all police dog trainers use the same methods on all dogs regardless of the dogs nerves/drive/temperament and regardless of what they are training the dog to do? In case you missed it: I've never trained a police dog (duh) but I'm quite sure the way we trained Daisy to heel was different to the way a police dog would be trained in that you are working within the individual dog's temperament/drives/nerves and that differs from dog to dog. And the obvious difference that training a police dog and training a dog to do competition heelwork are two very different things. The point is not what the trainer does or the kind of dogs they train but whether they are capable of working to produce results within the temperament, drive and nerves of each dog.

Yes that seems like the ultimate challenge. I have seen a Basenji trained by a police dog handler to indicate on TNT - Primer Cord - C-4 - Ammonium Nitrate- Black and smokeless powders and different form of water gels but I did not notice whether this dog had the level of training to perform a nice heel. That would be cool to see. It is a hound with a good nose on it, so it's kind of beside the point, though, isn't it? My trainer is a qualified law enforcement dog trainer and got a reliable heel from my beagle, I don't think a Basenji would be much more of a challenge.

Ditto. If Ruby is lagging and disinterested, I tend to pull her out. Those rounds really upset me as I know she's capable of more Then there is yesterday where she was back to being happy and enthusiastic to be out there, so much in fact that she ran off to greet the stewards standing as figure 8 posts. I continued as she was just happy to be out there. Just means I need to work harder on proofing distractions. The rest of her round was pretty good :p At least you got her back! Her heel work was very nice I know there is a reason the trial ring is Daisy's most unreliable place to work - my bloody nerves The last trial we did I was a lot less nervous as it was trial number three within two weeks and I felt like I had a better handle on it. Naturally it was Daisy's best trial to date - still very average work for her as I know she is capable of so much more, if I don't blow it up

Poor fella! At least he was enthusiastic - I would rather lose points because my dog was too enthusiastic than because they were demotivated and lagging etc!

She sounds just lovely!! What a good little puppy. I think you should do some videos for us Are you using food or prey with her? Ok, thanks. We had our first trials in early July, but blew two quallies on our down stay Seems like we have fixed it though so hopefully she will do alright at our next trial this Saturday! My nerves have been an issue in the ring - my hands shake terribly when the judge tries to shake it

OMG Dyz she is devine!!!!! Will she be another obedience dog??

ARGH how frustrating Nik!!!! Poor Jedi How did he go with the rest of the exercises?

A heeby jeeby ofcourse LOL my mum would love one!! I like beagles better though :p You can't be puppy clucky when you've already got a puppy!! :D

Now my youngest dog is three years old I definitely do! Would like to get a pup next year but I'm not sure yet on the logistics of it and am still undecided on breed

Great job RS!! The girls were on fire. Congrats on Millie's final CCD pass! What a great way to get her title

When is your trial Sas? Sorry if I've missed you mentioning the date before. Our next trial is Saturday week, so far our down stays have been going well *touch wood* Daisy has been a little bit nervous (for her) around in your face dogs since Thursday night, but it hasn't seemed to impact on her training; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ij6ju_Ubws

Awww, that is lovely Vickie. She is very lucky to have you as a teacher!

I have a really thin braided one for trialling that would be fine for a puppy, it's not heavy at all - although you could always go the rubber impregnated grippy leash if you wanted some really light weight.

I have both - I use a standard one for walks and a small braided one for trials. I think they are both pretty strong, the main difference is really just what they look like.

Thanks for all the feedback guys! I am still not feeling happy about boarding them. With pet sitting, how many people have had a live in pet sitter? So someone who actually stays at your house for the time you are away?

I've seen dogs work well on halters too :D Although most who I have seen with a dog working with good focus and enthusiasm with one on could have the dog work just as well without it (same rule applies for tools other than head collars too of course).

Sorry, I wasn't saying calm meant shut down. I was being a bit cheeky. How would theories that say head collars don't shut dog downs, explain the way I've seen dogs go from aroused and excited to appearing stressed, withdrawn, head down, etc the minute a head collar is put on? There are quite a few people at my obedience club who use head collars who put them on their dogs and think it's great that they are now behaving simply because they lose that excitedness and drive they had before. And that's fine for them, but it is the opposite of how I train and what I like to see in my dogs. Note: I'm not saying all dogs put on head collars are like that, just that what appears to be 'calmness' can be interpreted differently.

I don't disagree with you Corvus, I have seen plenty of dogs shut down on head collars.