[ SHOWGSD-L ] OB commands...

  • From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
  • To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:49:08 -0400 (EDT)

While we are on the subject (yes, slow day here, conference calls), why do  
some find the need to BARK OB commands (in any language)??????  
 
I stewarded this past weekend (AB) and OMG I think some dogs are STILL  
going out!  Some are still SITting and I fear quite a few haven't gotten up  
from their DOWN.
 
I still get goose bumps when I read the intro in the AKC OB rule  book.  I 
wonder if a new-to-dog-shows observer saw the classes this  past weekend 
would think they were seeing dogs "demonstrating usefulness" or  being hollered 
at.
 
Thankfully I used to train w/ some very happy people and we never BARKED  
commands.  My goodness, my dogs can hear the fridge open from one end of  the 
house to the other...no need to BARK commands.  I had one gal who would  
correct her position until she saw me smile.
 
Also...an observation...when a team almost fails an exercise or is worried  
about a particular exercise they are more prone to fail the next, even if 
it is  a favorite or easy for them excercise.  I've always thought it was 
nerves,  a command being given in a slightly different way (either haltingly on 
too LOUD)  by a nervous handler that throws a dog off.
 
Thoughts?
 
 
 
Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC
Celebrating generations  of Dual Titled TC'd Champions
visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/)  

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