Herr Rottweiler

love it that is such a good explanation yb This is one reason why I detest dog organisations that have puppy parties where puppies are all put in a ring together and left to mill about. When a puppy becomes agrresive with the other pups they simply take it out and "Upgrade" it into the next ring of puppies. What a stupid way for a puppy to learn dominance and be rewarded for it. I love and encourage plenty of puppy fun and socialisation WITH the owner present and in control

K9: sorry HR, you lost me? dont do what? Using correction collars and chains. Erny, you were right on track

If you are going to use a correction chain, make sure it has HS GERMANY stamped on each end ring. I had a client hand me their GSD who was a lovely big excitable boy. He was pulling on the lead like a steam train so I gave him a pop. The chian snapped and flew back into my face and hit me in the eye. Lucky I was wearing glasses at the time. Needless to say that the chain was a cheaply made Taiwan chain. Don't be a penny pincher when it comes to good quality dog training equipment. Your dogs life may depend on it.

Just a quick point I would like to add. AGAIN there is a lot of, "At this age you shouldn't do this this" etc. I'm not having a crack at people for adding their opinion but what I would like to add is this; not all dogs are created equal. For a Maltese or similar, you're right, I would 99.99% of the time say don't do it however, if it was a Pittbull, Rotty etc. it may require an assesment on the dog AND the owner as to what training device is best suited.

That's a possible explanation

Am I just having a blond day? Does he simply mean he talks to his clients (like, by phone?) That one stumped me too Erny

Training concepts Another good read

Too true Ricey, Too true

Most folks are Sidoney. Anything people don't honestly uderstand frightens them, it's called 'Fear of the unknown'. It's like trying to lead a dog up a piece of agility equipment for the first time. It's often met with anxiety and resistance but once it has been experienced, learned and understood it doesn't seem that bad after all. Here is a short article for a bit of an education E Collars

Another good tip I didn't make before. You can take an umbrella with you for two reasons 1. In case of bad weather 2. You can open it in front of the other dog to hopefully scare it off. If not you can shield your dog with it. I did a consult with an ederly lady not long ago and she was frightened to take her dog walking for this very reason. Now she takes her brolly along and laughs when she tells me the stories of all the dogs that it shoos away for her. Something simple

Awww ya nasty pastie. Some owners can be very frustrating but the challenge for me is to find a common ground then work from there. We have a lot of plans in the pipeline kitty.

If you don't feel confident with the situation and it isn't a controlled environment, by all means tell them to call their dogs off

Good point Steve. Another idicator to back Steve's advise would be to notice her tail. Is it tucked between her legs and wagging wildy or is it raised in the air like a flag pole? The reason I asked her breed is that some dogs like Kelpies, BC's and ACD's will tend to squat into a stalking like posture. The body language of any dog is a signature as to its intent. Ears and tail posture will definately help in any future assessments.

Bait his food! J/k There is enough dogs out there for everyone myszka. Even Steve would tell you that. Australian Dog Training is the largest Professional dog training organisation in Australia, (purely Victorian at this time) but we don't get all the dogs, nor could we cope with them all. If you know what you're doing and if you do it well people will come to you. Like they said in Field of dreams with Kevin Costner, "If you build it, they will come" The NDTF course will give you one of the greatest oportunities to follow your dreams of becomming a trainer/ instructor, you just have to make the effort. Best wishes

What type of dog is she. That will help in the outcome

I'm not actually sure what the figure is because I believe that some people choose to do more elective on the course. If you ring Julija who runs the NDTF she will be able to advise you any information that you require. She is also handling the distance learning component as well so definately have a chat with her

Well when the right oportunites come up you never know :p

:p Nicely done. The very last paragraph sealed it nicely

I've looked over the Delta notes, haven't done the course. I'm happy with what i've learned through the NDTF. They have students comming over from Japan to learn their method with some fantastic feedback

Nothing wrong with that pgm, I encourage people to teach their dogs to love their crates. I don't even have to say anything to mine, they run in when I open the door and I briskly reward them with a schmacko

This is where you need to use some imagination pgm. Have a towels draped in front of your bookcase or some sort of barries that has a strong vapour rub odour. Hopefully, like most dogs, your dog will see this as unpleasant and saty away from those particular areas. Dogs generally don't stop the chewing phase until their about 14 months of age when the structure of their skull and their teeth finally settles and maturity starts to creep in, (and hopefully the owner has been proactive enough to take puppy to some training classes)

As I mentioned in an earlier post CM the NDTF are very cautious about replicating their training like some other organisations as it tends to filter down the quality that the students recieve. Another big plus about the NDTF is that they recognise all forms of dog obedience not just one style. Basically they give you the tools and leave it up to you what you build from there Bravo NDTF :p

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience

Hmmm, that means exactly the same thing :p

Haven :p Nice short answer. I have been thinking scenarios to this question for a couple of hours and I agree with your reply. Puppies won't stop chewing, dogs wont stop stop chewing, so infact they need to form an associtaion to what is allowable to chew and what isn't. Part of this process is conditioning the command 'NO' with some form of reprimand that modifies the dogs current behaviour. This way we can begin to condition the dog to understand if it touches any item that it shouldn't it carries consequences however if the dog chews on something that is presented to it it by the owner/ alpha we pair that with a positive. pgm, you asked, "what happens if you're not around to say no?" To answer that easily, who knows? You wern't there and you have to deal with the aftermath when you get home, (which doesn't involve dragging the dog over to the destruction) OR you can do what I do and put Vicks vapour rub on things that the dog would most likely chew as a preventative measure. 6 P's of training Proper planning prevents piss poor performance Plan ahead before you go out. pick up your stuff you don't want chewwed, leave a lambs neck out for th dog which will distract it for quite some time, maybe a kongball with some peanut butter inside, whatever it takes.