today, Manu and i went down to the "Sirius about Dogs" festival in Seattle.
this is the festival where i met him last year, leading to my adopting him a
month later.
we wandered around and took pix (not all bully breeds this time, i
promise!), then we saw the CGC testing area. ok, i had planned on taking a
class, or at least practicing at home, but what the heck. i switched the
lead from the prong to his buckle collar and signed up.

well, considering we went in cold, and considering i've never walked him
without a prong collar... i think we did pretty well. we passed every
exercise, except for one. walking on a loose leash. part of the problem
was the girl outside the ring who called him over so she could pet him (um,
hello? that pink tape is there for a reason!). but part of the problem was
just that he's not very good at walking on a loose leash without his prong
collar. so i guess i'll work on that and retake the test sometime in the
near future.

i'm sad he didn't get his cert, but am very proud of him for how well he
did, considering we went in totally unprepared. he even held a down stay
for the entire 10 minute separation.

so congrats Manu, and better luck next time.

any tips on switching from a prong to a flat buckle collar? :-)

pix are he
http://groups.msn.com/culprit/sirius.msnw


-kelly

When my trainer had us switch from a buckle collar to a prong collar, it
took us about 6 weeks. First, we just put the prong collar on all the time
when he wasn't sleeping but when we had a leash on him, it only went on his
buckle collar. 2 weeks after that, we started hooking up both collars at
the same time - buckle and prong. 2 weeks after that we just hooked him up
to the prong but left the buckle on. I would imagine that doing things the
other way would work just as well.

Hope this helps!

Shelley & Rusty
http://rusty.bump.us

"culprit" wrote in message
...
today, Manu and i went down to the "Sirius about Dogs" festival in
Seattle.
this is the festival where i met him last year, leading to my adopting him
a
month later.
we wandered around and took pix (not all bully breeds this time, i
promise!), then we saw the CGC testing area. ok, i had planned on taking
a
class, or at least practicing at home, but what the heck. i switched the
lead from the prong to his buckle collar and signed up.

well, considering we went in cold, and considering i've never walked him
without a prong collar... i think we did pretty well. we passed every
exercise, except for one. walking on a loose leash. part of the problem
was the girl outside the ring who called him over so she could pet him
(um,
hello? that pink tape is there for a reason!). but part of the problem
was
just that he's not very good at walking on a loose leash without his prong
collar. so i guess i'll work on that and retake the test sometime in the
near future.

i'm sad he didn't get his cert, but am very proud of him for how well he
did, considering we went in totally unprepared. he even held a down stay
for the entire 10 minute separation.

so congrats Manu, and better luck next time.

any tips on switching from a prong to a flat buckle collar? :-)

pix are he
http://groups.msn.com/culprit/sirius.msnw


-kelly

When my trainer had us switch from a buckle collar to a prong collar, it
took us about 6 weeks. First, we just put the prong collar on all the time
when he wasn't sleeping but when we had a leash on him, it only went on his
buckle collar. 2 weeks after that, we started hooking up both collars at
the same time - buckle and prong. 2 weeks after that we just hooked him up
to the prong but left the buckle on. I would imagine that doing things the
other way would work just as well.

Hope this helps!

Shelley & Rusty
http://rusty.bump.us

"culprit" wrote in message
...
today, Manu and i went down to the "Sirius about Dogs" festival in
Seattle.
this is the festival where i met him last year, leading to my adopting him
a
month later.
we wandered around and took pix (not all bully breeds this time, i
promise!), then we saw the CGC testing area. ok, i had planned on taking
a
class, or at least practicing at home, but what the heck. i switched the
lead from the prong to his buckle collar and signed up.

well, considering we went in cold, and considering i've never walked him
without a prong collar... i think we did pretty well. we passed every
exercise, except for one. walking on a loose leash. part of the problem
was the girl outside the ring who called him over so she could pet him
(um,
hello? that pink tape is there for a reason!). but part of the problem
was
just that he's not very good at walking on a loose leash without his prong
collar. so i guess i'll work on that and retake the test sometime in the
near future.

i'm sad he didn't get his cert, but am very proud of him for how well he
did, considering we went in totally unprepared. he even held a down stay
for the entire 10 minute separation.

so congrats Manu, and better luck next time.

any tips on switching from a prong to a flat buckle collar? :-)

pix are he
http://groups.msn.com/culprit/sirius.msnw


-kelly

When my trainer had us switch from a buckle collar to a prong collar, it
took us about 6 weeks. First, we just put the prong collar on all the time
when he wasn't sleeping but when we had a leash on him, it only went on his
buckle collar. 2 weeks after that, we started hooking up both collars at
the same time - buckle and prong. 2 weeks after that we just hooked him up
to the prong but left the buckle on. I would imagine that doing things the
other way would work just as well.

Hope this helps!

Shelley & Rusty
http://rusty.bump.us

"culprit" wrote in message
...
today, Manu and i went down to the "Sirius about Dogs" festival in
Seattle.
this is the festival where i met him last year, leading to my adopting him
a
month later.
we wandered around and took pix (not all bully breeds this time, i
promise!), then we saw the CGC testing area. ok, i had planned on taking
a
class, or at least practicing at home, but what the heck. i switched the
lead from the prong to his buckle collar and signed up.

well, considering we went in cold, and considering i've never walked him
without a prong collar... i think we did pretty well. we passed every
exercise, except for one. walking on a loose leash. part of the problem
was the girl outside the ring who called him over so she could pet him
(um,
hello? that pink tape is there for a reason!). but part of the problem
was
just that he's not very good at walking on a loose leash without his prong
collar. so i guess i'll work on that and retake the test sometime in the
near future.

i'm sad he didn't get his cert, but am very proud of him for how well he
did, considering we went in totally unprepared. he even held a down stay
for the entire 10 minute separation.

so congrats Manu, and better luck next time.

any tips on switching from a prong to a flat buckle collar? :-)

pix are he
http://groups.msn.com/culprit/sirius.msnw


-kelly

From: "Shelley B"

When my trainer had us switch from a buckle collar to a prong collar, it
took us about 6 weeks.

Why? That progression sounds incredibly tedious , not to mention unnecessary.




Janet Boss
http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/
http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience

From: "Shelley B"

When my trainer had us switch from a buckle collar to a prong collar, it
took us about 6 weeks.

Why? That progression sounds incredibly tedious , not to mention unnecessary.




Janet Boss
http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/
http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience

From: "Shelley B"

When my trainer had us switch from a buckle collar to a prong collar, it
took us about 6 weeks.

Why? That progression sounds incredibly tedious , not to mention unnecessary.




Janet Boss
http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/
http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience

any tips on switching from a prong to a flat buckle collar? :-)

pix are he
http://groups.msn.com/culprit/sirius.msnw


-kelly

I think that's too big a leap. Try moving down to a slip collar. I've found a
lightweight chain slip is the next step down from a prong, but for some dogs, a
nylon slip will work well.


Janet Boss
http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/
http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience

any tips on switching from a prong to a flat buckle collar? :-)

pix are he
http://groups.msn.com/culprit/sirius.msnw


-kelly

I think that's too big a leap. Try moving down to a slip collar. I've found a
lightweight chain slip is the next step down from a prong, but for some dogs, a
nylon slip will work well.


Janet Boss
http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/
http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience

any tips on switching from a prong to a flat buckle collar? :-)

pix are he
http://groups.msn.com/culprit/sirius.msnw


-kelly

I think that's too big a leap. Try moving down to a slip collar. I've found a
lightweight chain slip is the next step down from a prong, but for some dogs, a
nylon slip will work well.


Janet Boss
http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/
http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience