In a message dated 4/6/2008 9:32:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, gsdramey@xxxxxxx writes: Come again- "who" has terrible timing? If you hadn't mentioned "breaking" we very well may have thought of "chewing" You blew it with your honesty! you cant never blow it with honesty.......... My dog doesn't chew on things he is not supposed to, has never (knock on wood) had an "accident" in the house, comes when called for the most part (I am really very easy to live with....LOL) he and the other 2 dogs are house dogs, and when you have multiple males living together there HAS to be a degree of training to maintain the peace.......... quite frankly there is not a single thing I want to change about him..........except that he is too strong, and when we are running, if we don't time it correctly, I usually stop before him and "pop" goes the lead. I feel vindicated since this happen with the handler also.......so maybe is not the dog, is the peoples.......<G> One of my favorite handlers told me today that he has to time the stop, because it takes him about 5 steps to get to a full smooth stop.........could that be considered foot timing???? <G> Could be that these leads are over 15 years old, and my other dogs were not as spirited as my new beau......<G> whatever, as I was not asking for Obedience instructors, just for Lead vendors, but I do appreciate Sally's sense of humor.........thanks for the chuckle...... Thanks for all the tips, I will be buying leads this week. Ileana **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016) ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================