...I am sure glad I did not give up on trying to get into herding...my two Army kids were awesome...not my words, the words of my trainer..she was surprised how responsive they were to me with out ANY obedience training ( I think she thought I was fibbing about the no obedience training).....talk about side gait....you get to see exactly what your dog has or doesn't have....I'm hooked...my dogs love it...and they look beautiful doing it...so what if the drive is almost 6 hours round trip...what a great way to end my short summer vacation...I go back to school tomorrow.....my new group of 31 reports for duty MONDAY....poor kids..lol...FB ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================