this brought back a fond memory i had of my Catja, who wasn't schutzhund titled yet, she was i think 3 yrs old when i took her for her TC and she was the only dog (that i was aware) that had any type of Schutzhund foundation, well when we got to the weird stranger, miss Catja did a confident bark to alert (she has a BIG MOUTH tho) only when the threat came, as soon as the threat walked away, she was quiet, everyone was mortified at first i think they thought she was going to bite the guy, but this is what we do in Schutzhund so to speak for the bark and hold at the blind, i laughed of course was proud when she stopped when the threat left, super clear head.. she got the +3 on that of course, i had never seen a dog do that before and i have been to many of these, well actually, her son Falco, who is out of a Dux son, Stanley des Collines du Boischaut, he just went through the TC last April and he was about 1 1/2 and he was the only dog i ever saw get a perfect score of all +3's with this judge, he was commended on his character, he is for real, he is clear the drive and character is very much his mother, Catja is just more friendly, she may have gotten a +2 on two things that's why she didn't get a perfect score, one was the gunfire she is used to firearms because of the gun club so i think that was why... but i really appreciate the stations in this test.... anyone ever see a dog eat the umbrella :) DM In a message dated 10/28/2008 4:03:52 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Stormy435@xxxxxxx writes: When the Weird Stranger came out, Steph was prepared and hung on! And "outed" when she asked. I don't remember who the Weird Stranger was that day, but he didn't bother doing more than two steps out of the blind after he raised the staff. And, no, My Moxie decided at last minute that she would rather not face that weird man..stepped backwards two or three steps. :-( **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics â?? check it out! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redirhttp://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================