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What a silly thing to say!

:p Sorry Kelpiecuddles. No disrespect intended to you. If you really want quality reading material, then Steven Lindsay is your man. Expensive pair of books but it's printed on gold I tell you I give it 5/5 thumbs up

I will be making a guest appearance at ADT Springvale and Bornia this Sunday Seriously, i'll be working there

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Yes they are heavy reading but as steve and Haven pointed out, if you want to learn properly, this is the only volume to purchase.

Yes, I'll give you that

Where did you find the books. I found volume III on another site but I could not find volume 1 and 2. Can dogs read, LOL? Julija from the NDTF can oragnise books if you want to call her, that's where I get mine from.

Trust me when I say this, they are the greatest treasures in my book case of training books!

cant say I know much about Delta, lol, I just asked steve where I should go and he recommended NDTF... I havent looked back since... From what I have seen and in my opinion, DELTA teaches with biased view on dog training, where NDTF looks at it from every spectrum. I'm sure Steve from K9, Erny, Haven and many others who have knowledge in such manners that the best dog trainers have a very open mind and need to be very resourseful when training dogs. There is no one way to train dogs and dogs are not dolphins

Greatest dog training and behaviour books ever written Applied dog behaviour and training - Volumes 1 &2 Steven Lindsay

I know I'm a big spokes person for the NDTF course and I'm sure that anyone on here who has done the courses thorugh NDTF would agree with what I'm saying. At one stage I was thinking about conducting my own training course for trainers with a group of other prominate trainers but after we sat down and looked at what the NDTF was offering we came to realise that hands down, they have the best material in Australia and in my opinion are producing some of the best trainers as well. Boyd Hooper who is a great friend of mine and a mentor is arguably one of the greatest teaches of canine psychology that I know of. I heard him debate with notable animal psychologists, zoologists and PHD's from Australia and International and he really knows his topic. Boyd is one of the main lecturers on the course which gives so much credability as to why I and many others are so passionate about the NDTF.

Hey now that's something you would wear with pride

Heel on the left! Anything else is just wierd! :rolleyes:

You're very welcome

It's managable now

Thanks Erny, I shrunk it down as I just realised how friggin big it was

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Hi lablover, I didn't feel that you were trying to belittle anyone either. When I was involved with Rotty club training some of the instructor used to have a bee in their bonnet about professional trainers. The definition of a professional is as follows A person who practices an occupation involving high standards of intellectual knowledge after successfully completing the required education and training. I had a trainer once at a local obedience centre, (non profit) who said to me, "I'm not here for you! I'm here because I want to be here!" and it was as demeaning as it sounds. Anyway back on topic. I think StaffordsRule may be right but speak to Julija and she wil clear everything up for you and she won't bite either

I honestly don't know what the cost of the course is at the moment, I should because I see them all the time but I don't. However, if you call Julija at the NDTF, she will answer any questions you might have. To answer your question about what kind of people do the course, all types. Professional, non profit, councils rangers and just normal every day people who want to learn. There's nothing wrong with training dogs for financial gain either. Some people, like myself and others on this list have invested 10's of thousands of dollars on their education and setup to benefit people in need.

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Oh now that's just vulgar! :p But very funny

:p Aww guys the comedy in the forum is great tonight! Keep it up

Yes Yogi it's an ongoing problem that usually ignorant *wheeties trainers do that causes a multitude of problems, including the one you just mentioned, as we are dealing with puppies in the critical period. Scott & Fuller, (research team) did extensive work on these issues which some people choose to coveniently ignore. *A wheeties trainer is a trainer who found their certificate in a Wheeties box!

Great point Haven. It's the golden rule