In a message dated 12/16/04 10:58:21 PM Mountain Standard Time, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Does anyone know if there's a way to reduce the length of or break a tie? Just got finished with one of those 45+ minute deals and it seems so hard on the dogs not to mention my BACK! > > Melissa Inge told me that when she was breeding Bear and the ties were lasting a long time she would tell Emil (her husband) "go get the cheese" and he would go get a piece of cheese from the fridge. Once Bear heard that boom the tie would be broken. She said it happened every time, she doesn't know how he did it but he did. I tried it once with my CH Red and he did break the tie right away. In case anyone doesn't know who I am talking about, Inge was Inge Vyprachticky, and Bear was Sel CH Stuttgart's Sundance Kid, who had quite a few breedings in his day. Sheri ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================