wheres my rock

sorry guys hubbys at work so have no way of making it maybe next one connor isnt happy today anyway he's been lame ll morning and keps asking me to pick him up his knees really sore i have lucosamine cream that i use for my sons shoulder am thinking of shaving connors knees and rubbing some in its natural and works really good on boys shoulder do you think its worth a try

if the shows out teh back then the front ground is best just choose wp as last resort lol

have a vid camera but cant get it onto puter my puter is old and cant handle it lol i'd say train where the gsd clubs train ground is good there and wps ground is full of thistles i may no be able to make it it looks like hubby will be working tomorrow i will try but cant promise anything. As for what we are working on im just coming for the day out might do stays with a steady dog but thats about it connor hasnt ben trained for ages so we will be just seeing what he can do after his break

where are we meeting tomorrow i willl be there unless hubdub has to work

havent heard anything here thast cool though are you allowed in casey fields with dogs we could meet there i'll ring the vet tomorrow and ask about parvo but all mine are ok and they go there evryday how old is your dog

im free most days do you work ballam park would be the best spot to meet what days are you free im available tomorrow after nine pretty busy thursday frr all day friday

roxy your in cranbourne why dont you come over to frankston one day and 'll teach you how to harness the beast within lol my fav dogs to work with are those high in drive she sounds amazing and full of potential. I dont have much in the way of articles at present most got lost last time the pute crshed but if your willing to meet down here i can go through some stuff with you

have you thought of coming to kcc on a wednesday night when th rotty people are there im sure they culd arrange group stays and they have all breeds otherwise id be heading down to southern on a wednesday nght for training maybe once a month or fortnight

sorry w didnt make it guys my son ate an easte egg with filling and it had nuts in it he had a pretty bad reaction to them and had to sit at the hospital for ages but hes ok now thast the trouble when you put a mix of eggs in abowl you dont always realise they have nutty creme filling

so whos coming cut and paste your name theres me dogdude roxy shoey jules is that everyone

i only use a club for distraction and access to equipment im one of those horrible members that doesnt instruct or help out just shows up does what needs to be done and leaves of gas bags with friends. we dont start teaching heel till pupies are a bit older are co ordinated and finished growing we teach attention backend awareness on and off switch etc but no heeling i dont use a cue word for eeling as my dogs already know attention and are always looking at me i just start walking a big circle with good treats and click wehn they trot up beside into heel then build steps and move in different directions We teach find heel fr set up which i use lets work and then of we go sometimes i say clse when i step off other times i dont dont know why i do guess its habit. wehn im finished trial training i say its ll gone open hands we're done my dogs know then that they can sniff play walk to the end of the lead so long as they mind their manners they are pretty free to do what they like they can still get rewards but its not intense work anymore. my sheltie will somtimes look stunned wehn i free him when he ses al the activity around him he tends to block it out when we work. Focus is the main thing a trial dog needs if you build strong focus then trianing is easy. We went back to club on the wekend and im not sure if i will botther rejoining as i hated being there too many barking naughty dogs the grunds crap full of thistles so we may just train alone

wouldnt worry gemmas a one prson dog i cant even get her to coe in some days i'll oent he back dor nd call her in and she just stares at me like but wheres my daddy when i feed her she just looks at the bow as if i gave her poison connor was like that too with hubby hes a mummys boy but hes grown out of it hes still all mine but is happy to go for a walk with dad now soemthing he would not do before without encouragement and we're both dog people lol

i have small cones to mark out a ring unless someone has something better

sounds good if you have trialled you already have an idea we culd have a beginnner trianing day seperate for people interested in trialling but havent gotten near that far yet though as i said im happy to leav the pookies home and help people nstead im only bringing them for the outing

i know how to get there but couldnt give an address shoey where is it hows 11 sound

we could meet at berwicks ground dd give yu a test run on he ground you'll be trialling at connor is ok on stays but obviously the young one is still very fidgetty which could be good for you anyway.

where dd

what is it with aussies and shelties my sheltie loves aussies

beat me leo was going to say try vicobedience she has the scedules up heaps faster than vicdog most of the time

i know what your saying jules if you have to many it will end up with having to have one person help the beginners etc not quite what was origianlly planned i was thinking of a trian your own dog and if you ned a hand with something then get someone to have a look and discuss maybe get a runthrough that type of thing im free over easter was panning to head to kcc at least one day over the hols just not sure which

i belive all dogs to gain a champion should either be titled in a working area f the test is there ie basic retrieving trial test herding instinct or they should get their cgc which shows the dog has brains fits wel into society has a good temprement as well as beauty there are far to many crappy tempremented show dogs around buts thast off topic I know plenty of show / obed people there body language the way they carry the lead indicates to the dog whether its a in close and st suto routine or a show one you can do both easily

what erny said

i was going to say hoop nice and big and eaasy to move around then two hoops then move them a bit apart etc chuck somthing over them

Couldnt tell you i would have to see the dog i beleve there is always way to motivate a dog maybe its too soon maybe you ned to build more trust dont know i havent seen the dog or tha handler but i wouldnt start with a tunnel i''d make it simpler and set it up in way that the dog will gain confidence and success think outside the square it would be done at home in the backyard where the dog feels confident. but this is going way off track to being open minded

ok see i would still get the tunnel and the retrieve i would choose not to use force but still get the results and quickly i was after so i wouldnt say just dont teach it thast the difference i guess I was forced to face a fear once not only was the experience traumatic i never spoke to the person again and gave up a sport i was once addicted too