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Hi! I am not a very experienced dog person and hope to learn here. I am looking for opinions from more experienced people. I live in Columbus, Ohio. My female is going out for training to Dayton, Ohio( http://k9spd.com/ )1.5 hr. drive from here. The trainer has also a boarding and grooming facity, very nice and spacious. It is heated and air conditioned, has TV and radio, etc. I am welcome to come visit her there any time. She is 2 yr 4 mos old. She has lived in my house since a tiny puppy and sleeps in my bed. I wonder how long I should wait to visit her? How often should I visit her? Will this disrupt her training? How many toys and how much bedding should I send? Should I bring new bedding with our scents on it when I visit? Should I bring tapes with our voices on them for her to listen to? She oves the trainer, in fact she fell in love with him on sight, so I know she will be happy. She loves playing/working with him. How long should she be at boarding school before I bring her home for a visit? Please let me know your tips and pointers for this stressful event?

We are about to undergo the same thing with our beloved dog. He will most likely be sent to Germany for 9 months next year. I am going to pack his crate with his blankie and give special instructions on his particular care. I will bring him there myself. The trainer comes highly recommended. If I don't like what I see, I will bring him back home. The trainer bears ultimate responsibility for the dog until he returns. I feel it best for the trainer to be allowed to pull through his programme and not to interfere too much. Mostly because it would be selfish on our part. My dog will adjust to his new environment. My presence will only increase the conflict within him. I personally feel it is most humane to leave the dog where he is until the programme has run its course. How will my dog understand why I have left him there, returned, left him there again, taken him home, brought him back there? For him it will be repeitive abandonment and may result it other behavioural problems.

NINE MONTHS? What is your dog being trained for? Mine is going to get her BH and SCH1. It is like my dogs are my "babies"... My partner, Ruth, is actually getting very depressed. Even when I sell my puppies I sell them for a low price so they sell locally and keep in contact with the owners. Am I wierd or just a pet lover?

Sch3 and breed survey including show training. If sending the dog away causes depression, don't do it. Train the dog yourself and drive to the trainer for helper work. If he is only 1.5 hours away, this should be easy for you to do. We have no helpers within a 4 hour drive and I would be delighted if one was that close.

i recommend neither of you sent your dogs off... read about all the horror stories on this site. NEVER will I sent of my dogs again. NEVER. I had some real doozies too. yes, drive there indeed, don't leave her there i'm sorry, but who in their right mind sents their dogs of to people they dont know? I sent them to people I know and got a bad deal!!! go to www.gsdworld.net and read on :(

I had the same apprehensions when I sent a 15 mo old male to a trainer in West Virginia for his ScH I and BH. in April. His lifestyle definitely changed. He became a confined dog. But the first time that my wife and I went to vist him, about a month later, we both commented on how he had formed an attachment for both trainers. They are both good people and have brought out the best in him. His bitework is unbelievably good,bone crushing good. His obedience and house manners are tremendously improved.Believe me, your dog will not forget that you are his companion and master when you get him, or her, back back. Monthly visits for a few hours to watch the dogs work should not effet his performance for the trainer. If you can't bear to send the dog there are good training directors within a two hour drive from you. Go to some clubs, talk to people and when you find one stay if your dog can be trained in that manner, some can't. The difference in your dog will make it worthwhile for the small amount of time that it is away.

you are "not a doggy person" ??? how come then, you have put on the AM Breds are here replies the following??? Just for the record... I have had shepherds my entire life. I do breed my females. I am not violating any laws in this state or country. I own a 12 year old schutzhund 3, import. I own a 15 month old hungarian import, female. I am a bit confused, have you had shepherds all your life or new to dogs? make you mind up !!!!

I went to: www.gsdworld.net and registered, but it is a big board, which area? Can you post the URL?

My my aren't we confrontational! Yes, indeed I do have all those dogs. I am perhaps buying another from Shirley Katzenblut at http://www.katzenblut.com/. Yes, my family has had/bred shepherds all of my life. I am an approved AKC Canine Good Citizen® (CGC)Evaluator. I know more than some, less than others. I have never trained or handled a World Sieger. I have never "finished" a dog for the show ring. Really, I figure, there is a whole lot more I do not know about dogs than I do know about dogs.