I rather doubt that they are conditioned not to react. My dogs live in the house, around grade school kids, and constant noise. The hardest thing is for one of my herd to be interested in a rattling can. The constant TV blaring is much more interesting at home and they soon ignore it. Friendly strangers, ignoring strangers; all in a days work here. Our dogs favorite thing is to walk in neighborhood parades with all the kids on the sidelines screaming and shouting for the puppies to come over and be petted. and the pups LOVE it. All the grown dogs love the attention. If that is conditioned to not react in the T.T., I wish more people would try it. Carol In a message dated 9/3/2013 11:23:16 A.M. Central Daylight Time, Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx writes: Absolutely Terry. I have seen dogs doing the temperament test that just show no reaction whatsoever to so many things. Conditioned to not react.......yup probably. I want to see the brain at work. Go ahead and react, investigate and satisfy and move on. No dead heads here....or there! Molly In a message dated 9/3/2013 9:48:04 A.M. Central Daylight Time, terrycochran97756@xxxxxxxxx writes: I have no problem if a dog pulls away from something he does not understand. If he didn't I would think it was a dead head. It is the recovery and the ability to learn that I want to see. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================