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by AnjaBlue on 04 September 2009 - 18:09
Please stop with the Vegas doing good bitework thing - though of course relative to some of the others he is a superstar. For your consideration, compare him with this working line dog, also entered in the 2009 BSZS. Note the greater intensity and focus on the helper, the speed coming in on the courage test and how hard he hits the sleeve - the helper has to swing him to absorb the power. (Which is exactly what it is supposed to look like.) I'm still looking for Javir vom Talka Marda, but I can't find anything yet.....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiNsP4FDO3k
by Sunsilver on 04 September 2009 - 19:09
Okay, I could have said something myself, but having been critical of the show lines in the past (and seriously annoyed a number of people as a result), I held back.
Yes, you're right, he could have done better, but for a showline, it was a pretty good performance!
Re: Aik's performance...that's the first time I've seen a dog NOT bark on the 'bark and hold'! How much would that count against the dog?
by Louise M. Penery on 04 September 2009 - 21:09
This is not a hold and bark--which is performed only in the blind after a blind search.
When the dog guards on the field after the helper locks up, this is called "silent guarding". It requires intensity, focus, concentration, commitment, and clearheadedness. This the way that my boys have been trained to guard.
IMO, Aik took his eye off the helper too much--looking for the handler.
by AnjaBlue on 04 September 2009 - 21:09
Louise,I didn't post the above video because it was perfect - just to show another -better - approach, one that I think even the crowd appreciated.
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