[A team]

yes to grief giving. i thought that the number two goal of all training groups is to provide an environment where all members are entitled to give unlimited grief to all other members.

that being said, if the personalities are not a match, a new home for pup can be found and your partner wants out, don't stand in the way. the pup may flourish with a new home. your training partner may have learned a little and may listen more next time around. if anyone in the group is willing to take the pup, they will be very motivated to make a winner and prove a point. then the grief giving gets fun, great training group "drama"!

The ribbing and or grief is part of the fun, I believe for the MOST part everyone in the core group is aware of the lines that are not to be crossed.

No one ever speaks negatively about another mans/woman's dog. As handlers and as owners we may take a verbal lashing but the dog is off limits. On the other hand we can count on honest opinions regarding our dogs and where they are in their training and what they may or may not need and what they may or may not be capable of.

 

[Jerry S.]

So what's your take on this dog?

 

[Jonathan Maulden]

No I can assure you, this is not I've got a friend with a rash situation.

Just joshin you a bit....

 

[Kelly Greenwood]

The OP is a really nice person. The OPs son comes out and trains with the pro a lot during the week. I trained withthe group for a year before I found out about yard work, and by the second year I figured out that there should be a program and a certain progression in training a dog. Some one on one time might help the person. I love running the AA and master set ups, now I know enough to move up and run them as singles with my dog. They are a good group of dog trainers but sometimes they forget the new people do not know even the basic concepts. Sometimes it is hard to resist the peer presure to run from the same line as everyone else if you don't know the big picture. Trying to run things ahead of your dogs training can really slow them down.