Gee, I was under the impression that the police, guidedog trainers and even herders trained and tested their dogs. Isn't this part of the programs? Got a problem with a young dog desensitized it. Doesn't work then it doesn't make the program- Seems to me the human trainers should be a little bit smarter then to place a sound shy dogs in those situations. I have 4 grandchildren one is terrified of lightening and thunder. Other 3 are sound hmmmmm bad breeding Just maybe we can not control nature 100% of the time but we must be smart enough to know that and know better then to place the animals in situations they are not up to sally ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================