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forgot to add, most vdog owners don't do retriever tests b/c its a fairly new concept and hasn't caught on yet.With the fun vdog tests available many probably don't want to participate in retriever...

Most GSPs make great, enthusiastic retrievers.
I don't think the breed makes or breaks any training,there are high strung lab/golden,etc washouts,too.
If you have a pedigree that is loaded with FT...

Attorney General Holder says,

"WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO POSSESS GUNS."

TAKES 10 SECONDS ... DO IT AND PASS IT ON.

Guess they were not happy with the poll results the first time, so USA Today...

1)NRA-ILA is advising that the New York State legislature may attempt to ram all of Governor Cuomo’s gun control proposals through the legislature on this coming Monday, January 14th. NRA's lobbyist...

I believe your 'problem' is that you want success too much. The day hasn't even begun and your focusing on reviewing your end of the day notes and tomorrow and the next day....

your best 'defense'...

you got a shorthair - they can do anything

Congratulations!

I would have left her alone,too.

I have learned that test day the dogs are ready,know their job and when set at the task it is no place to correct them - maybe afterwards.

My tests are a bit...

can someone from this club contact me?
I have important information regarding your field trial insurance.

You can PM me or email tastesgd2@aol.com

thanks,
Francine M.

In the versatile dog world we call Balance -

Versatility

the smooth mental transfer from one task to the other

I don't use an ecollar for T and TT.
I also train on a slope.
When my dogs do what your dog does, I whistle stop them and give them a cast to the pile they were supposed to go to. When they do make...

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A parent will give 50% of the genes, but of what proportion?
More from their sire's side or their dam's side?and on down the line it goes.

Excellent,awesome,fantastic, WOW

Is what I have to say about my experience with TT.

I have used this as a guide over the years:

http://www.gsdfederation.co.za/articles/rugamer.htm

I own 2 DKs.I follow SmartWorks and my dogs don't put their nose down. They handle nicely. The key is taking the time to follow a sequential program.

Sorry for the poor shot but it's all I had:

My guys can get low when they pick up speed and they do a good job at turning at fast speeds -
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How's this one?
Please forgive the bad hair day - it was a looong day.
He was evaluated by the top conformation judges in Germany for the deustch kurzhaar - and they gave me the exact evauation...

Sharon,
thank you.

Francine

http://www.nimloth.com/labtype.pdf

Can you evaluate GSPs?
I would give it a try but I'm hopeless.


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Thanks

There's a ton of info out there.
youtube,articles,books -

Training The Sporting Dog, 2nd Edition - Field Cover

http://www.ahdc.org/ahdcsite/storeitems.php

[COLOR="Blue"]Originally Posted by pixiebee
A dog that breaks consistently is just as bad as one that won't go.

Do you really believe this?

It's not this way in the pointing dog world.

I...

Remember this topic is about a dog that had weak training and excessive pressure with negative results.

Are you saying you would rather have a dog that has obedience and no GO over a dog that has...