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well i dont know if location would be on the top of the list for course suitability i think content and whose running itwould be the most important thing

I use stop which is the same as wait for crossing the road etc dog just has to stop forward movement I dont use stay or wait i build duration on the sit and drop etc and then the dog learns to hold that position until either marked or asked to do something eles say retrieve.

Hi HR Having loke at most of the courses available i would tend to agree Others are perfect for someone just starting out i guess but then if you can raise the funds i would do the NDTF course it seesm to cover everything and is aimed at teaching people to be better dog trainers not how to run a business like some do.. I havent done the course and the only feed back i have had is what i have read on here and from looking at the site but it seesm to be the most in depth course around Having said that a friend has done the Thompson one and though it is basic is a good grounding for someone just starting out so i guess in the end it depends on how much money a person is willing to pay and what they hope to gain There are other courses DElta and Kintala run one each and i think a couple of professional trainers have courses also I know ALpha used to run one for their instructors that loked excellent but you probably would have to be a client Kintala takes in outside people but it costs more for them and its only aimed at using positive reinfoecment techniques i think at least that is what im lead to believe. Personally i think the VCA should get its act together and offer a trianing course for club instructors or at least offer subsidys to clubs to get their instructors trained elsewhere rather than what they have at the moment which might as well be nothing yb

I agree Erny these things are always nice in theory as i said i wasnt picking just wishing lol yb

Yes its a shame you cant pay for a module at a time in these courses when i did my tafe course that was what i did payed for a few mods then did some more then did the prac hours it was great for those on a budget so long as i finished within a certainperiod it was fine though thats probably all changed now too Dont think im criticisng i think if you have the money then go for it this is just an observation it would be good if both Delta and NDTF offered smaller versions of their courses for peopel who are just starting out and maybe want to further their own knowledge like a base module then to get certified you could do the extra modules for that

Hi Sidoney Be hard to tell this dog wouldnt dare take its eyes of its handler

I have aseen a dog at a trial walk straight into a poo bin because it was doing look at me heeling to the ring poor thing didnt see it coming

hmm but what if they had asparagus and beetroot salad

aww adn it was just getting interesting

lol well at least they hadnt had beetroot juice

lol whatever tickles your fancy i guess

so they are getting plenty of fluids then lol

you could always stick some flowers on it or tie a ribbon round it

aww didnt you use your voucher for the free lessons or did you accidenlty eat it thinking it was hi fibre lol yb

Does that make your flesh and sweat more or less appealing when doing civil agitation i love that term it conjures up so many images lol yb

lol

Bugger i hate weetbix can you get them in other cereals do you get a discount on the unicycle or just the free lessons

lol better yet her way of keeping puppies from getting too boistrous was throwing food on the ground lol by the way she was a certified dog trainer

yes the clips on headhalters cann come undone have seen it happen on several occasions on haltis

Lol Yup no what you mean i went along to watch a puppy school once all the puppies were off together and two biger pups kept bullying a littler one they hassled it and hassled it until eventually the little one hid under a chair at this point a lab pup went to say hi and the little on a maltese cross i think snapped at it so the instructor the maltese a time out at no time did she do anything to stop the two bigger dogs a lab and a boxer bullying the others. six months later i met another lady who had attended the same class her dog had been one of the bigger ones she was now having a lot of trouble with him being aggressive around other dogs i asked her if she knew what happened to the little dog she said they never came back probably just as well

and nylon burns if it runs through your hands yb

had a similar experience with a lead breaking and a rather large rotty deciding to charge over to me and stnd on my shoulders growling in my ear. Thast all he did thanksfully yb

so long as there are no cliffs at the local park they probably will be ok but if there is they may be wondering whoss going to hold the bungee ad whos going to jump. yb

love it that is such a good explanation yb

Hi K9 yup i agree i use a martingale for that very reason my sister uses a flat collar her pup has slipped it once on the side of the road much better to be safe yb