PF Thank you for the link to this thread and WOW what gorgeous dogs you had!
But i have to say you are a hottie matie.... phew i had to come back to this thread a few times after cooling myself off! You can put your shoes under my bed anytime... hehe!! so can Erok rofl... well ok he can keep my Abby company lol

Do you still have Erok? can i ask who is sire and Dam were? he is a very lovely build dog with a ourstanding top line, head and structure!

I love the really Black Black sables i think they are beautiful he really reminds me of my darling Abby who is my trained patrol girl and been dying for a bite... hehe!!

Have you got any more photos of Erok he's truly stunning!

Here are some of my Abby having a go... but no bite as noone was game at that stage lol

but here is me working my old girl Dusty who was amongst one of the hardest bitches i've ever worked... well apart from Abby, Dusty comes pretty close. She would send shivers down your spine when she would eye ball you.





Not the best quality as they are from a video but certainly shows you how she would throw herself into someone.. every agitator has to be careful with her and Abby as they go straight for the legs...

My new girl who is coming home Easter time is a fully trained patrol Police bitch also..
Some photos of Rouge... cant wait to give her and abby both a nice work out on the bite suit!




apart from sex nothing gets my heart more pumping but when i watch one of my doggies flying to bite someone on the suit.. the feeling is just amazing.. the adrenalin.. phew!

Great action shots, Bebi. Love the teeth.

Looked at Abby's picture and thought of Little Red Riding Hood saying, "Grandma, what big teeth you have." :D

Great pictures Bebi!!

Thanks PF sadly i was on the end of the leash for Dusty's shots.. it was dad doing the video.

I took Abby's ones hehe!! she barks on command too!

Rouge was done by her current owner soon to be old one




lol yep she reminds me of that too and she has pearly white teeth too lol!!

Working dogs
 

Well PF I've had a similar problem #1 did I had a Belgian Malinois bitch donated to me about a year ago. She was about nine months old but had been raised in a concrete kennel run within a privacy fence, from eight weeks until nine months she met all of 4 people. The woman who owned the (working dog importing) kennel the woman who worked in the kennel, the vet (at 8 weeks for ALL shots! OMG!), and me the day I came to get her. She had never been on leash, never bonded to humans, and never been out of the run.

The woman I got her from is a knowledgeable importer of dogs for officers and civilians alike but she always gets dogs over the age of 2 that are already trained all she does is brush up their commands before selling them to someone else. Usual turnaround is less than two months. She decided to breed one litter and this was the last pup. She had never had a litter and had no idea what to do with her.

I have held onto her for almost a year. She has learned to bond to humans, walk on leash, to fus, platz, here, and touch it among other things. Unfortunately her search leaves MUCH to be desired. She was so retarded in development by not being allowed to be a dog that unless she is on leash her commitment to searching for what we are looking for is pretty much zero.

Now I will have to not only go to square one and find and purchase a new dog but I must find a good pet home for my Abby. She will run fast and hard close to her handler with a single spoken "here" command to bring her skidding back to see what the handler needs, in the house she goes to her rug and parks it until its time to go out, and LOVES to ride in the car.... She will make someone a great pet but as for a search dog...... the bloodlines were there I credit them for my being able to bring her as far as I did but she will never have the determination, dedication, or drive for human remains detection. I have enough pets, I need a dog that will work. It still hurts.

ROAD TRIP! :car:




It's been a busy week.
At 05:00 Erok, his partner AND ME :D head to Wapakoneta Ohio, about 2-1/12 hours east, for his recertification at the training camp where he schooled. My camera and I are READY. :thumbs:

PS

I hope we do better this time with the out of town cruiser. :eek:

We'll keep our fingers crossed that you'll have a safe trip and successful recertification. :thumbs:

And the dog does also.

Yesterday was a diary day for sure. :D An experience I'll recall for a long time. Even with the insight of being close to my son and this 'working' dog, I was nothing short of amazed watching the eight handlers and their dogs go through the qualifications. :yikes: The training camp facilities and the Master Trainer accomplish unbelievable control with these exceptional animals.


My photo record is far short of what I was hoping to get. :( Having the privilege of being an interloper was great and I could most definitely had gotten better pics, knowing now what I would be photographing. These exercises were not being done for photos and while being welcome, I had to stay far back from the action. So my pics will take some editing and a lot of boring explanation for those that have interest. Unlike SOME OldFart world travelers OldFart in our groupOldFart that goes to the most interesting places OldFart and does the most interesting things OldFart:rolleyes2, I will share what I consider interesting and unique with my Pixie family.



4533- An early morning walk around the facility at 07:30 after a 3 hour drive.

4598- Introduction and thank you to the camp operator and Master Trainer that allowed me to observe.

4544- Selection of some equipment for the upcoming test.

More to come for our dog people:D

Is waiting for more! And being on dialup let me tell ya seeing the pics is time consuming *L* But i really wanna see!!!!!

Are you sure the stuff in the trunk is for dog training and not some OTHER kind of training? :brows:

Gorgeous！He looks beautiful! I wish you and your son's portion of the family good luck and congratulations.

Sorry about your dial-up Sharni, but I'm going to set the hook with one of the amazing and most difficult parts of the testing I was able to witness. ;)

Remember, the objective and demand for these working animals is not merely to produce a vicious dog but to have command and control of the formidable power that the best of the species has. There are other canines that each have a greater single characteristic than this breed, but none possess the combination of mass, speed, tenacity, intelligence and most important, the ability to perform exactly at the command of it's bonded human partner.

As mentioned above, these still pics require some explanation to understand the tenseness and yet self control of the moment. First keep in mind that when these animals are 'on task', every molecule of it’s being is focused on the moment. We've all seen a cat at that second in the stalk just before the spring pounces. This is how it is for whatever command will follow and so different from my family pet when I ask for a 'trick' that has been learned to be performed. These dogs are poised for the 'trigger' rather than a request or instruction that I hope will be recalled. The "recall" or "call-back" has to be the epitome of control and response.


The handler places the dog in the heel position and down at his side. This is when the dog knows he is "on task". At this point the suspect (with bite arm in place) approaches the handler and talks to him for a few seconds, casually walks around both of them while the dogs eyes follows like the little girl's head in The Exorcist. When he is back in front, he speaks to the handler again, then leans down to swipe at the dog WITHOUT touching him, ………….. and the dog STAYS DOWN. Suspect turn and walks about 30 ft. (10 m) away, then begins to run. When he is about 50 ft (16 m) away the command is given. The dog is in full stride before it is fully up and launched as if from the barrel of a cannon.

As the streak is about half way to the running suspect the "halt, down" command is shouted in German and the dog must IMMEDIATELY stop and go down. Do not miss-conceive that the dog was moving with the possibility for this recall command, yet he skids to a stop and is down with the same attention on the suspect as from the start.