That is so cool!!!! Great timing with the clicker. Are the sniffer dogs owned by the vineyard or is there a service company that is called out with the dogs. What a savings that would be for the vineyard. Instead of spraying every tree they only need to treat the ones with the problem. Terry ________________________________ From: R. Steiner <mobilegrmr@xxxxxxxxx> To: Stormy Hope <Stormy435@xxxxxxx> Cc: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, January 19, 2010 3:09:27 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: muttsNow InSECT DETECTION DOG??? Rixi and her owner walk thru the vineyards, and Rixi is trained to indicate the presence of vine mealybugs. Here's a short youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?vP3lo1sWoE and here's a video of the basic imprinting Shay did with Rixi as an 8 week old puppy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6omLCascS0 --Regina 2 GSDs and one permanently visiting papillon On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Stormy Hope <Stormy435@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Regina, please tell us more! Insect Detection Dog??? > Storm > > Since we wandered off original subject to the favorite "working lines vs > ???, " > Stormy > > Regina wrote >> >> But you WILL see them in obedience, >> agility, schutzhund, tracking, flyball, working as Police K9s, SAR, >> even one working in vineyards as an insect detection dog. >> >> --Regina >> > > ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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/ ============================================================================