wheres my rock

yup i'll be there we have no other plans

i'd go wit the less drive more people orientated dog drive can be built but independnce will always lurk in the background

it was good lst Bosun is adorable can you pop him in my chrissy stocking i think he has a little cruch on Gemma lol.

yeah dinos first or i wont help you with your obedience

no it isnt club trianing we just get together over summer when the clubs finish i think shoey was planning to meet you at the oflead pen on the far side of kcc park for a socialise but if you are wanting to come trina as well we meet where the shepherd club train turn right as soon as you enter the grounds and go about half way up the car park. Our tueady night trinaing is pretty much do your own thing and help each oter out there is no class or set curriculum as we all come from different clubs and are at different stages with different goals. I belive ADt go back early january and they would have puppy classes and a socialisation class as well. Westernport is thirty to join and 3 dollars a week they allow all collars so long as fitted correctly though you will find some traditional instructors there

hi rexy no we'll take each week as it comes depending on weather

so its 7.30 for training sorry to hijack the thread

thats cool it will be the same as summer school last year except im not instructing everyone will just do their own thing and i'll help you with one thing eac week

evening and your more than welcome

you coing to trinaing tuesday sway

H guys i'll be there at 7.30 but i would prefer it if dogs are on lead if you are going to come hang with us while we are training i have a sheltie with back problems that really cant afford to be knocked over and a young male who ive only just got so am no sure how he will be and i dont want him knocked about by another dog and frightened not that im saying anyones dog would do that but i dont know your dogs

lol love it

i still wanna see the pouting policeman

nah half the time the dog gets to wonder around stand over other dogs play etc before someone actually does anyhting i think as soon as it has moved so is no longer staying it should be removed

more judges that atually trial their dogs to the level they judge at would be nice and not twenty years ago lol

maybe have cones they have to run through for directed jumping for dogs that cant jump the broad is only optional now anyway so instead of retrieve over the jump maybe an options directed retrive with just two gloves and closer to the handler

my gsp would play tug with my pants leg connor kinda like shoelaces but hes not a tuggy dog

yet in other sports the collar comes off at least it used to unless rules have changed

but your dog must like tug

i agree Pf the judges that come toward my littlie already crouched with arms hanging like an ape and yes hadn signals it aint extended just because its a long was down to your dogs face

i lso tink we need more matches where epople can enter and trian in the ring no prizes also i think dogs should have to obtaina pass in a trial class at club level before venturing out into the trial world help keep away some of those just thought i'd give it a go with a dog that isnt ready leave leads on in stays just have them dangling so dogs are easier to grab if they break and soemthing definately nees to be donw about the stays coz latly tere are two many breaking dogs maybe veen tethered on light lines in the ccd and cd so if they break they cant actaully interfere with other dogs

actually dd you'd be surprised the ear pinchers are soem of the highest scoring dogs around they are very experienced handlers and use it very much to their advantage

Though i like the idea of doing the cgc stuff it would get boring week after week retrieveing and scent work jumping are more fun to teach and challenging for the dogs thatn saying hello to a stranger

they may not be practical things but i still like teaching them i think the ccd should have been more along the lines of the cgc i'd like to see rally introduced I watched a dvd fron the uk in that they retrieved toys instead of a dumbell I agree with poodle fan why can you take your check chain in the ring a reminder of correction and touch the dogs ears a reminder of a pinch and yes i have seen this done but not be allowed to take their reward in the ring maybe not use it but be allowed to have it on you. Down here we are constanly reminded not to leave toys and treat bags rigt outside the rng but then the chains are one all the time.

i must admit when you said tug i was thinking a gentle pop i tug my dogs jowls all the time in play though i do agree with DD the ears are very sensitive and i know of one dog with nerve damage form having its ear twisted during a forced retrieve training session.