Obedience is not to be military. In fact I know of someone who got points off because he was doing military turns. Sharp ones. It is to be a natural turn but your dog should be right there. Our thoughts in regards to the person who told someone to string their dog up that's bull. If a dog knows what you want them to do and refuse they do earn a correction (pop, a NO, etc) but if the dog looks like it really may not understand what you want then you go back and retrain with praise and treats. the new way of training is so much better although I never gave harsh corrections when training the old way. My guys earned their moms ROM for her in 2013. Michele Rock Star GSD's On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Marcia Warshauer <luvshepherds@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Stormy, > The days of the "military....snap, snap" have been long gone. Obedience > training is upbeat and fun for both dog and handler. I would NEVER put my > dogs through any of the "old school" training. Times have changed. ;-) Try > it....you make just like it! > Marcia > Home of: > War Cry's Deja Vu *GSD pup* AKA~Zak~Work in progress! > Wyoming's Colorado American Xpress CGC, CDX ~ *Aussie* > Kohana's Time Traveler CGC, UD, RN ASCA ~ HIT * Aussie**200 score* > UCD Snowy River's Fur Elise, CGC,TC,ASCA-CDX, AKC-UDX-15 UDX > legs-HIT-OM1-OTCH ptd. *Aussie* > UCDX Dymundcrest's Elke's Echo.CGC,TT,ASCA-CDX,AKC UDX2-27UDX legs > HIT/HC-OTCH ptd.*GSD* Ret. > Von Bruin's Operation Rainier, CGC,TT,CD,HIT~ASCA-CD* 2008 Top Dog HIT > *GSD* 09-29-2003~05-15-2013 > UCDX Desert Fox of Judah's Pride, BH, CGC, TT, CDX-HIT*GSD* You walk with > me always > "Until one has loved an animal, part of > their soul remains unawakened." > > > ********************************************************************************************************** > Personally, I dislike that military, snap, snap obedience that has become > the supposed ârightâ 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/ > > ===========================================================================> ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================