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Ah, another long weekend for us!

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Short work practise
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Long work
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Girls can do it too! She is working a dog also handled/own/trained by a young laydee :D
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Working one of the best working dogs of recent times here, competed all over the world...a very strong dog..and you guessed it, handled/owned/trained by a woman :D
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And...somebody had to come a cropper!!! Actually a few people did because the ground was awful but I only got one on camera, poor bloke :p
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Dog was fine, bloke's ego, not so much!
 
I love the one of him in the car!

Do you rekon I can train a terrier to do this? There are some lovely hooded individuals hanging around outside.... haha!
 
MurphysMinder said:
Poor dogs, its a wonder they can drag themselves across the field.:p I love B's expression in the pic where he is sitting.:)
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I love that "sly eye pic):D

Anyone notice her "showing off her new car again":rolleyes::D

I may take this up if I get another rotti in the far away distant future, but in the summer or some nice indoor heated place:rolleyes:
 
Do the runners ever get bitten, accidentally, by the dogs?
Not too sure I'd fancy putting myself up as a runner, even with the protective gear :o.
 
Re the dogs reaction when the helper falls, can't of course comment on this occasion, but the dogs are trained to go for the sleeve so they usually just make the most of the opportunity to get the sleeve off the helper. You then get the lovely picture of a dog trotting proudly round with a huge sleeve in his mouth and a proud grin.
 
Removing the back seats out of the car is one of the first things I did :p

To answer the questions, when the decoy falls, the usual practise is to stay very still for a few seconds, protect the free hand and let go of the sleeve and let the dog 'win' it, rather than a wrestling match, as MM says, you then get a very proud, puffed-up dog trotting around the field with the sleeve in his mouth and his tail in the air :p some do get back up with the dog still attached to the sleeve though, if they can, to prove it's mettle/strength.

I've never known a decoy be bitten - for the dog to bite anywhere apart from the sleeve/bites the sleeve when it is meant to be passive/guarding/or when it has already been told to stand down, is seen as a loss of control and marks are lost so no one wants to encourage that.

The reasons they usually retire in my experience are hamstrings going 'pop', shoulders getting wrenched or backs going! There was a decoy in Spain who had to retire, but rather than an actually bite, it was during the stand-off where the dog was bouncing so high and barking, he actually caught the bloke on the face.

Even in the more high-octane sports on the continent, where the dogs are allowed to bite anywhere on the suit and bring the decoy down from high up on the back, they are still never ever taught or encouraged to go for the face or hands.

I've worked dogs a little and it is great fun, the worst bit is the people standing on the sidelines waiting for you to go on your backside :p

And yes, if you type 'Claudia Romard, Mr Murphy' into YouTube, you'll see a JRT doing a full protection round :p
 
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