WHICH IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO - Page 3

A new troll bumping the threads...Great !!

Moons
The Birk has done it to another thread of mine as well,  Silly games but i guess the one doing it has a box of loose screws in place of a Brain, but if it makes him or her happy then it is okay, carry on playing
Steve1

This Birk had a tantrum with the nonsense threads and chose some of interest to bring back to the front page. Waste of time I know, and won't do it again. Just fed up with the nonsense.

Yes a waste of time,
and a way to piss everyone off all at once.

Let them have their fun and rise above them.

Better they have a place of their own than wandering about.


Moons.

utonogian
There has been a lot of stuff going on of late with posts and hijacking of Avatars , so you understand my meanings,
Apology accepted
Steve1

Cheers, indeed a waste of time - always knew that. Will go back to wading through posts. Not au fait with all the nonsense you refer to, thankfully I think. Don't come here much and just get annoyed when it's a madfest when I do. Best wishes

Here are some things I've learned, not that I'm a master at any of them:

-Train on different sports fields.  The dog needs to know that blinds and jumps can be anywhere.
-Proof the dog's training.  The dog must know that there will not always be a reward.  Intermittent reward (when the dog is conditioned in the work) is a very powerful tool. The dog needs to know the look of different blinds and jumps and scenery and smells and that he/she must do what is directed, not just the "same old, same old" at home.
-Trial at different clubs.  Handlers can be very surprised when they go to an away club to trial where all their friends are not there and no one there really knows them or gives a rat's ass whether they do well or not.  So you need to learn how to keep your nerve and be there for your dog. 
-Track on every type of terrain, in all kinds of weather.  Otherwise, you can't expect to face adverse conditions at a high level trial and do well.
-Above all, be consitent in training.  Only consistency will result in a dog that trusts his handler and knows what to expect from his partner when everything else has changed.  If that trust is not there, the dog will fall apart under pressure and there will be no bond in the work.  The handler will lose his dog and all kinds of "never did that before" things can happen.

Wanderer
I took my 12 month old Pup to the other side of the country to get a Show rating on her a few months back, It was the first real Show i had been to other than watching one for a couple of hours, I really did not have a clue as to the order of things, It was the french speaking part of Belgium so i could not follow that way, But i watched what was going on all strangers no one we knew at all, but she got her G rating among a lot of Show Dogs
I am lucky i do not suffer from nerves as such even when in a strange place, I just get on with what i have to do I found out many years ago you lose your nerve , then your brain ties up as welk then its over so take a few deep breaths and go for it is the best tip i can give
Steve1