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I will pass your comments on to her :)

I slice my liver thinly then bake & cut into 1cm cubes. Smells the kitchen out, but the dogs love it :laugh:

Hope it is OK to put this here :) A friend is conducting a small survey as a project for her HSC. It only takes about 5 minutes, if you can help.....here is a cut & paste of her original post on FB :) Hi everyone. Some of you know me and some of you don't, but either way, it would be a big help if you were able to fill out this questionnaire for my high school research project. I'm researching the human-dog relationship and would be very interested in your opinions. Thanks Human/Dog Relationships

We ran this last night in class, & the intermediate (novice) class joined us to learn how to do it. We all ran it the first way I set it out, with the exception that a few of us tried it later, with dog 2(red) going all the way from 12 to 15 (weave poles) while blue dog did the final bit. First of all the Advanced group partnered up & ran it, then we all partnered up with someone from the Novice class. It worked out well & everyone had fun. I am putting together a couple of Snooker courses for next Monday :)

I hear you Our young dog has a 100% recall, but our older girl cannot be let off the lead, because she chases things & worst....rolls in things. We always have yummy treats with us when we go for a walk, & the only thing we did different with the young guy is that sometimes when he comes back, we take him by the collar, treat him then let him go again. Other times we will get him to do a spin or two when he comes back or have a tug. But the older girl....well the only solution for her, is not to let her off the leash

I use lots of different things & try to vary them. At the moment I am using VIP Chunkers cut in half, sprinkled with Worsteshire Sauce & baked in the oven. The dogs are going nuts over them. I am also using Woolies Ham & Chicken Roll or Devon cut into 1cm cubes, mixed with a bit of oil & minced garlic & oven roasted. The good thing about the chunkers & the chicken roll is that they don't fall to pieces. I always pop some dried natural treats, like kangaroo, in my pocket when I go for a walk, so that I always have something on me to reward a good recall etc. I get my dried treats from Loyalty Pet Treats, because they are local & all natural & they have some really unusual varieties. :)

Is there a chance that he has some physical reason why he can't lift his leg out of the way Maybe lifting his leg gives him some sort of pain.

As Tassie says...you have to get your dog really good at verbal cues. I have just started doing my dancing training with the music playing & it definately motivates the dog & I am sure with enough practice the music would help to give the dog cues, just like it does with us humans :) Yes I wondered though about how some dogs can be trained to respond to different whistles and I thought that perhaps the dog was recognizing the music. My girl, as soon as she sees the CD player on the ground, she gets all excited & runs over to it & wants to do perch work on it :laugh: Maybe I could teach her which button to press to make the music come out. :)

As Tassie says...you have to get your dog really good at verbal cues. I have just started doing my dancing training with the music playing & it definately motivates the dog & I am sure with enough practice the music would help to give the dog cues, just like it does with us humans :)

Oh dear...I just clicked on that link & then clicked on Members & learnt that we have a new designer dog called a "Jug"

Ours have beautiful stopped contacts too ...but only in training I wouldn't trust them with this, but it will be interesting trying running it your way at training next Monday night :)

Yes...I like the option of 1 to 7 for first dog, but I would be a bit worried about the 13 to 15. I think if you had one dog on the contact of the AF while the other dog hits the tunnel, you could end up with two dogs having a ball in the one, then two tunnels. Depends on how well trained your dogs are, I guess, but I know with my two dogs running together, that is what would happen & I would be left standing at the AF with no dog. I love watching pairs, especially the Novice dogs. Pity the poor judge though when two chocolate border collies are running the course together :laugh: Like this time I ran Pairs with Jazza :laugh: First & only time...he was a jump knocker

Love it :laugh: Of course you have to get your priorities right :)

Yes 14 would be easy to find, but it is a difficult weave entry, especially if the dog is travelling fast. I would love to see you do it DC :)

DC...what dog would you have do 14 & weaves?? Originally I thought the same dog that does tunnel 13, but then I thought OMG trying to catch up to the dog before it got to the weaves

Of course the dog who takes 12 (red dog)will also be doing tunnel 13, & as that dog is taking 13 the other dog (blue dog) is approaching the other tunnel 14 while red dog lines up at jump 16. But I can see both dogs probably taking the 2nd tunnel. I think if I had red, then I would give it something to do, like put it back into the tunnel or back over the AF to get to 16 & pray that blue gets the weaves & we don't have to swap. This one definately needs to be videoed. AF to Tunnel...this is where you need a good left or right command :) Bad luck about your girls shoulder

Is it only 64 year olds who need a back up plan or is it all potential adopters? Good point. I have a back up plan and I'm not 64. When I was involved in rescuing I rehomed a kelpie to a couple in their 70s. He was very active and walked miles every day. During the process we discussed what would happen if he was unable to walk the dog etc and they had already discussed this and had a back up plan which I was satisfied with. I turn 64 next week and am already planning for my next dog :) Mr. Sheena just turned 68 & has just taken out "Best All Rounder" in the Cricket comp & last year walked the Kokoda Track. We are certainly not ready to hang up our leads :laugh:

What did you do differently to get the video to embed No worries ...sorted :laugh:

Next Monday night's challenge is Strategic Pairs.... :) I have in blue where I would expect dog one to start & labeled red for where I would assume dog two would start. It's going to be a dandy into the weaves :laugh:

I'll try :) Lovely by the way!! http://www.youtube.com/embed/uqlGn-K42U8?rel=0 ETA...nope ...it didn't work Ahhhhh...I compared links, so opened it in a different link :)

I have a friend who wanted a rescue dog. She was 64 years old, fit & healthy, has had dogs all her life, done Obedience etc, lives on small acreage ...ticks all the right boxes, but they wouldn't let her rescue because they said she was too old She ended up buying a mixed breed mutt from Gumtree

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Any thing to do with Karen Pryor, really is a good start. When I think of clicker, I think Karen Pryor. :) "Clicker Training for Dogs" was the one I started with & is the easiest to read. As others on this forum know, I am a clicker "nut case" & have put together my own set of notes which you can access here An Introduction to Clicker Training

Yeah...that was what was so embarrassing. To be fair, though, we hadn't run the course beforehand, only walked it a couple of times & by the time I had judged all the dogs previous, I was pretty confused as to where the course went by the time it was my turn :laugh: Someone else put the Jumping together, so didn't feel too bad about that one :)

They aren't chosen as pups. Most are reared, sold and over 12 months of age before anyone can really guess at how well they're going to do. Most of the dogs I took in were between 15 and 18 months old- dogs who were trialed and for whatever reaosn, not cleared to race (not keen enough or not fast enough, usually). There's this idea out there and dogs are picked out as young pups and the rest killed but generally speaking, that's not the case (and doesn't even make any sense). One of the few exceptions to that is severe injury (like injuries accidentally caused by the dam) or a condition that would exclude the dog. I got my youngest greyhound as a 13 week old pup because he was obviously blind in one eye but I have to keep explaining to people that this is unusual. Greyhound puppies don't often show up in rescue because a healthy greyhound puppy of a decent breeding is potential money. No breeder is just going to make a guess and kill the rest of that potential money because why would they? I thought it may be the same as it is with working farm dogs. Many farmers will breed a litter & pick out one they think has the potential then turn the rest over to Rescue. I know this happens a lot with working dogs.