Re: [PyrNet-L] Question:

["Tony Leopold" <tleopold2@plantnet.com>]

All those commands sound very practical, but I would be satisfied with stay,
sit, down,and heel. :-)




-----Original Message-----
From: klbyrd@tampabay.rr.com <klbyrd@tampabay.rr.com>
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Date: Thursday, June 17, 1999 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] Question:


>The commands that Margo does now are heel, sit, down, leave it, drop it,
>off, and short and long stays.  Her next training class will focus on
>proofing those commands with distractions such as when you are out for a
>walk and a kid goes by on a bike.  She is an angel unless another dog
>approaches that is not well-behaved.  She takes cues form the
>approaching dog.  If they stay in heel, so does she, and if they start
>jumping barking or jumping, we have our hands full!  She listens very
>well for her age and it sure beats running around yelling "No" all day
>long!  Check on the GPCA web site and find out what affiliate clubs are
>listed and see if any are for your area.  If not, contact the closest
>one and ask if they know of any non-affiliated clubs in your area.  Our
>club here is non-affiliated, but is working on getting affiliated.
>There are larger regional clubs, in any case, and you will fall into one
>of those areas for sure, I would think.  Beginning training classes will
>startwith the most used commands first and other if you stick with it
>longer for other purposes.  For example, the average dog has no use for
>a figure 8 command, but if you are going for competition, your dog will
>have to learn it, but not in the beginning!
>
>Kris Byrd
>
>