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February 2012
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M O NTHLY
SPRINGWOOD DISTRICT DOG TRAINING CLUB INC.
Never Underestimate Your Dog Inspired by all those who never gave up on their dog.
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ow many Border Collies does it take to change a light bulb? – Just 1 and then I’ll replace any wiring that’s not up to code. How many German Shepherds does it take to change a light bulb ? –I’ll change it as soon as I’ve led these people to safety, recounted to see there all here and checked the perimeter to see no-ones taken advantage of the situation.
Quote Of The Month As a wise person once said? “In a perfect world every dog would have a home and every home would have a dog”
Dog Of The Month? If this photo shows your dog and you claim it at the table by the end of the month from Ella, Leanne or Wally, you can then pick a small gift out of our raffle box.
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How many Labradors does it take to change a light bulb?- Pleease let me, Pleease, Can I, Can I Huh Huh How many hound dogs does it take to change a light bulb??- Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz How many Boxers does it take to change a light bulb? - Why bother we’ll just play with the squeaky toy in the dark… I started dog training with a Boxer in 2001 -with a bumpy start being told my dog (a boxer) was emotionally unstable for training. I stood in class looked at my dog, looked at the other dogs in the “Beginner” class and began to fear what I had as a pet. I gave up training, pulled out the dog training books and searched for a new dog training school. As I read the books I realised that there was no one way to train a dog, there was many. No one was saying this is the only way to train a dog and if they were after further reading Benson
they were usually wrong. I found so many ideas on how to train a dog, so many methods. I began to experiment with my dog to find what suited him and me. (to this day I continue to read, do courses, search the internet to improve my knowledge and skills to better understand how to motivate dogs). Never underestimate your dog. – I found my dog was not emotionally unstable (a label that could have limited my dog), I just hadn’t found the right training style or the right method of reward to suit my dog. We joined a new club – yes Springwood. Within this club I found and I met instructors who trained using many techniques and when talking I found they had dogs who had similar stimuli/ interest issues my dog had. These instructors were training Bassets, Whippets, Kelpies as well as Border Collies. We progressed through the Beginners class and into the “Brown” class. At home, I began to experiment. From my reading I had learned about drive and being a Boxer we had heaps of “play” drive Great. I found I could motivate
My Boxers Continued on page 3
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