stepping up ?
Posted: Thu 05 Aug 2010 8:28 pm
Hi all
I was sitting at the trial in canberra and a conversation started about the step between novice and restricted.
People were talking about running blinds being a great problem. My thought was is it the blinds that is the problem or is it that the dogs cant
handle reliably. I got to thinking, should new people concentrate more on the blinds (line running) or handling as if your dog can handle, will you get the blind easier than just starting the dog running lines to known blinds. My young dog was starting to sit to a whistle after two weeks training at 10 weeks of age. When helping out new comers do people feel we should be encouraging them to look at basic handling early in training? Whats the best way to make the introduction of blind work less intimidating?
I was sitting at the trial in canberra and a conversation started about the step between novice and restricted.
People were talking about running blinds being a great problem. My thought was is it the blinds that is the problem or is it that the dogs cant
handle reliably. I got to thinking, should new people concentrate more on the blinds (line running) or handling as if your dog can handle, will you get the blind easier than just starting the dog running lines to known blinds. My young dog was starting to sit to a whistle after two weeks training at 10 weeks of age. When helping out new comers do people feel we should be encouraging them to look at basic handling early in training? Whats the best way to make the introduction of blind work less intimidating?