YOUR dogs have "basic obedience " ??????? Yea, right - HAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOL LOL LOL LMAO !!! Love you, Ileana ! One of her dogs is one I bred, plus we are sisters, so I can say this !! Iza Kabuska-Ackerman www.Karizmashepherds.com AKC Breeder of Merit Breeder of a Canadian Grand Victor, an American Grand Victor, and many more beautiful dogs ! -----Original Message----- From: InquestGSD@xxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 8:12 AM To: sabokat2@xxxxxxxxx ; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Obedience and conformation Oh, you can teach him heal, or walk if you want to save the heel command for more formal obedience training. With a shepherd, you have to! We have different commands for different things, and if my dogs didn't have basic obedience, there is no way I would take them for walks. It doesn't affect their show time at all. Actually, my guys have a different collar for different activities, one for breed ring, one for herding, one for swimming, one for walking, and they KNOW what each collar is for. We hold off on the herding one until we get there, otherwise they go nuts!! You can do this, and lots of neosporin on those scrapes....they are your battle scars! LOL * Ileana * Love me, love my dogs. In a message dated 11/21/2012 10:45:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, sabokat2@xxxxxxxxx writes: Hey all. I have a question, and I thought Id try and post it to the forum. I just purchased my first puppy that I am wanting to show. Hes a big boy now, and turns a year old next week. I didnt want to teach him to heel, so he knows how to pull out in the ring. I have taken him through basic obedience class so he knows how to sit, down, etc. The heel is the only thing we didn't work on. Today I took him for a walk, and when we progressed to a jog, he pulled out so hard, I fell and wiped out really bad. 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