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yeap sure does Thank you very much. Your feedback and comments are invaluable. Anyone else, please??? Doesn't have to be all positive. I welcome negative comments also, all good.

Thanks for your comments Kallistar Regarding your agility equipment, sorry no suggestions there. But with the Umbrella Carry Bag, excellent news. So, a nice roomy, heavy duty, easy to carry bag sounds like a good idea??

Yeh, great, ta. And that is spot on, and now I know why it always sounds like the shelters are just ar*ing at a guess.

Husk, I only train Dyz in food drive. Jag has his "binney" which is his motivator (a rag), but he will pretty much switch into drive for anything that remotely resenbles a toy as long as it is newish. Jag is not big on food much at all, hence why we don't use food drive for him. And absolutely, Daisy is so young. I still can't believe that I finally got Dyz into the obedience ring when she was closer to 7 than 6, and even then I only did it for a bit of a joke as other members were egging me on to do ot just to support the club and put in an entry. Sometimes I wish I had done it sooner, but then remember what I just told you Sure Dyz has titles in several other disciplines, but I had missed obedience for a while, so glad we are back into it again. I am unsure how far I will worry about going with Dyz, but am using this more as learning for me to perfect things for Jag.

:rolleyes: I like that Aidan, may I use it??

Please, no regrets Huski. I believe everything happens in the correct sequence and order in our lives. There is a very valid reason that you started it when you did as with me. Any sooner will not have been the right time for you. You were ready to open your eyes to accept something new when you did, and not a minute sooner or later. Actually, I just thought of something I could throw in here. This is a photo taken towards the end of last year at club training night, prolly October or November. The 2 handlers on the far right are myself and my husband. I am handling Jag who was approx 12 months or just under at the time and OH is handling Dyzney. This is a photo of all the members there on the night, so mixed class levels. You can see how distracting it was lining all these dogs up together, and if you know anything about adolescant Rottweilers (particularly male entires), you will know that they can be full of themselves and quite a handful from about 6 months through to 3 years of age, Anyway, my point is, demonstrating how well focused Jag and Dyzney are in the photo and I credit this to training in drive. Edited to add... not taking anything away from all the other beautiful dogs there, that may just have been having a moment :rolleyes:

Bump.... anyone else with any feedback, suggestions or idea of whether a popular product or not, please. Any responses are much appreciated.

Huski, thanks for that. Daisy is working extremely well. It is so hard to get continual focus from Beagles, like you say, just to keep her nose up is a chore in itself. You have done a great job. I can see that this time next year you will have at least one title beside her name and be on your way to CD also. Her biggest distraction seems to be when she speaks, cute but. Well done. You must be very pleased.

hehe huski, I don't do video, I am camera shy Steve and I have an "in joke" about it too. He is always asking for one, but knows by now that he won't get it. I might be gutsy and pop up a couple of photos though. No, Dyz is far from brilliant, she now forges a little at times (Steve has explained why she is doing that, she preempts her remote reward), but hey, I am not all that fussed about a little forging at this low level as yet, and compared to what we have, I LOVE it. I have always had this real hang up wit heeling work, and have been training dogs and competing in obedience for about 18 years (have been out of it for a while though) and it has always been my nemesis. Finally "getting it" has been like all my dreams come true. And if you knew what poor Dyzney has been through (many on here do) she nearly died last year to IMT, and was retired, and to have her come back at 6 and a half and enjoy working again, it is a real buzz. Husky, you should have seen her at her first trial in the stays. There was only 2 others in her class as it was at out resteicted trail. Both the other dogs got up and started sniffing her all over. The judge took her time to send the handlers back, and they took their time getting back as one was afraid her dog would take off when she tried to grab it. anyway, Dyz had to tolerate this for about 45 seconds, and she did not move. I could see she was intimidated, and I was about to cry with love and pity for her and go back to her anyway, but the dogs finally got moved, and she stuck it out. I have never been more proud in my life. That was our 95 pass. I was emotional for a whole week with my passion for how much a love Dyzney and how good a dog she is. Rambling now, but if you knew what we went through when she was sick, it was living hell. she is such a special girl. I am really looking forward to hearing how Daisy goes trialling. I know you will do really well. I must check out some of your utube stuff. OOps, I thought there were links. Do you have anything I can have a loom at Huski please?

Ness, I did it with my undriven 6 year old rotti, brilliant result. She was so soft I would not correct her and she would go to pieces, heeling was like, well, she looked like I had been beating her up, she hated it, obviously my doing, but I didn't know how to fix it. Head was low, she lagged and was extremely disinterested. Everything was fine, but had not entered an obedience trial her whole life because of the heeling alone. Training in drive has sorted it all out for us. As she only responds and responds well to food, we have used food drive to train. I can now show her the chicken wing outside the ring, take her in her class and complete it, then let her have the win afterwards (remote reward) and she is fired the entire time. focused on my like never before, happy, fast working and responsive.

It has been a while since I did it, but as I remember it, no aversives are used at all during building drive as you can easily destroy the drive you are creating. All positive, no corrections. I'm sorry I don't remember the price.

Best idea. He is really easy to talk to on the phone and will take the time to answer all your questions. After the great replies I've had (not one negative ) I will contact him tomorrow - only I didn't realise I'd be able to speak to Steve (he sounds like a very busy person ;) ) I think he is usually free for talking around 3-4ish, not sure though.

It sounds like something during the training might be stressing or confusing Mica, to make her want to look away, or not look at you... but definitely one for Steve, I am really not sure exactly. I have never had an issue with focus as such, so have not had that hurdle. Sounds like you really have come a long way. sometimes we feel like we are slow or slack, but when you look back over what you have achieved, I am sure you have a lot to be proud of. I am glad both you and Mica are over your illnesses.

gsdog, why don't you just send Steve an email and ask him some of your questions and see how you go with that for starters or even give him a call.

You go at your own speed. Steve gives you exact guides of what you need to do, so you are not left wondering. and if you don't understand anything, you email or call him. I was on the phone to him a lot in the beginning. He was really helpful and never seemed to mind taking time to explain things.

dyzney she has heaps of drive at the moment, and that's my concern, how am I going to handle it? The training in drive course is not only for developing drive as in my situation, but to harness and control it. You speak to Steve about your concerns and he will design the programme specifically to suit your needs. My boy has plenty of drive also, and he is responding well to the training. I think you would be thrilled you did it.

I completed the distance module on training in drive with Steve from K9Force. I can highly recommend the course and find Steve very personable, always prepared to help and an absolutely wealth of knowledge and experience. My bitch Dyzney had very little drive, as for many years I had been quashing any drive during training, as part of the way I had always been trained years ago. Although Dyzney was titled in several different disciplines, I could not get into the obedience ring because of our heeling. All my years of lack lustre heeling training had made any dogs I was training very flat during heeling patterns, and this is why I wanted to do the course. I had heard about training in drive, and thought it might be the key to fixing my problem area. And it was!! Dyzney is now 6 and a half, and finally at the end of last year I entered our first obedience trial with her. She passed and won the ring. Since then we entered 2 others passed one with a high score and bombed the other, (my fault). I am dying to get to Hastings for our next trial as I hope to get her titled then. It is amazing how she works now. We use food drive with Dyz as that is her main drive area. She heels with focus and is super keen. I am now inspired again to get back into obedience and am training my young lad in drive also. Enjoy and good lyuck if you decide to go ahead with it.

Thanks for that poodlefan and gsdog.

Sway, I have PMd and emailed you.

Thanks bedazzled. Yes, I know what you mean

I am still interested to hear anyone elses comments to my questions if any.. please??

Thanks Sway

Hi all. I am just looking for some feedback from people that use umbrellas (large beach sized) when trialling, showing, even campers and beach goers etc. Dog purposes or otherwise, any application included. Any assistance in the way of replies to the questions below or any other info would be greatly appreciated. Do you have a carry bag for your umbrella, umbrella stake and mallet? If so, where did you get it from? If not, would that be something you would like to have? If so, how much would you expect to pay for such a product? Many Thanks in advance (I posted this in sub sports, but I think it doesn't get much traffic)

Hi all. I am just looking for some feedback from people that use umbrellas (large beach sized) when trialling, showing, even campers and beach goers etc. Dog purposes or otherwise, any application included. Any assistance in the way of replies to the questions below or any other info would be greatly appreciated. Do you have a carry bag for your umbrella, umbrella stake and mallet? If so, where did you get it from? If not, would that be something you would like to have? If so, how much would you expect to pay for such a product? Many Thanks in advance

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