Stormy, Your post reminded me of what I experienced some many years ago with my first GSD. He was a sweet, spirited boy and apparently the "master trainer" was unhappy that he wasn't responding to her methods. When she screamed to me to "String him up", I responded in a most unladylike manner and suggested what she should do. -:) I had seen her do this one before with another puppy. I subsequently joined a training club and both he and I enjoyed classes and we both learned a lot. I didn't raise my son by hitting him over the head and choking him and even though I was a novice, knew that wasn't the way to teach a dog. He loved the training and the neighbor children would come into my yard and watch and work him with the jumps. One little boy told me he was having a circus in his yard and wanted to borrow Chief so he could jump through a fiery hoop and charge a dime to watch him. Of course, I said no. Dot Dorathy Jenkins. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stormy V. Hope" <stormy435@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Hayden sally" <sallyhayden5@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Showgsd-l" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 12:53 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Compicated > Personally, I dislike that military, snap, snap obedience that has become > the supposed "right" way. And I worry that my dog would get a crick in > its neck, too. <G> I would never own the National Obedience Champ, > obviously <G> > Stormy > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION: http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================