Lots of Leo Talk and Play
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Peggy and Jim Walker's Gus (left) had a big day Sunday. The Walkers are
struggling to modify some undesirable behavior (a tendency to challenge
other dogs, particularly puppies), and Gus spent part of the day settling
down in their RV. But, a died-in-the-wool pacer, he got to come out later
in the afternoon to show how a diehard pacer can learn to trot, to better
show off the magnificent Leo that he is. Peggy merely ran him across poles
on the floor, where dogs tend to shift naturally to a trot to clear the pole.
Soon Gus was trotting clear around the ring!
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Renee Kutcher and Cane (left) and Samantha Burton and Fergus (above) treat
their dogs for touching the "scary" swinging bridge, that moves
beneath their feet. Both dogs learned to walk the bridge.
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Jane Heggen came by Sunday with her Leo, Cowboy, and tried Shirley's method of
teaching a dog what "wrong" or "oops!" really means during
training -- by having a dog touch two similar items, then withholding the click
and Oops!-ing him on one. Cowboy, however, decided that a touch was not enough;
he preferred to take full position of the pop cans!
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And, of course, there had to be lots of play time in the field, particularly
for the young ones!
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Updated September 10, 2000