Hi Everyone, Glad I finally found a fellow dal lover's group. We have a aprox. 3 year old male, whose name is "Chip". He was on the kill list at the local...
Leslie, Did you have Dalmatians before you got Chip? What are you currently doing in obedience and agility? We would love to hear some of your funny stories. ...
Dear DalPalGal, Welcome to our group. Please take a few minutes and tell the group about yourself and your involvement in our beloved companions. Karen, list...
In a message dated 6/8/2003 12:29:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Hi all! My name is Maggie and I have 2 rescue boys, Charlie (appx 6 y.o.) and Mick (appx 2...
... the only problem is is that he is reactive around other dogs, so we are working on those issues now. Mick is going to be my Musical Freestyle boy. We...
Hi Karen and Everyone, We also used the electric fence on the counter, and have since used it on our trash can too. The funny thing about the e-fence is that...
Lelsie, We don't shock ourselves because we are using the type that reacts only to the collar. Since my husband doesn't wear a receptor collar, we don't have...
<<<<Hi Everyone, Glad I finally found a fellow dal lover's group. We have a aprox. 3 year old male, whose name is "Chip". He was on the kill list at the...
... Hello again Leslie, I enjoyed meeting you and your husband this weekend at the NADAC trial. It's always good to see another "Dal Lover" doing performance...
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Amember of our Pittsburgh Dalmatian Club is making nice agility equipment at good prices. If interested, here is her website address: http://www.racindalz.com...
... We also just started a website for our agility equipment. We have been traveling to the local shows for about 10 months and having great success. I am...
OK group, this list has been way too quiet. I know we all have things to do and no one likes to be the first one to start a conversation, however, we do have...
... Well, just boring here? My last show was Memorial day weekend and I had a pretty bad spill in the ring and tore up my ankle pretty bad so I have not been...
I am starting to train my young dog some Utility exercises. I am working on scent articles. How have you started your dogs? I am curious to see what methods...
... Just in case not the same people are on both lists? I used this method and it worked GREAT! my dog learned very quickly and dependably. From what I heard...
In a message dated 7/22/2003 10:39:48 AM Central Daylight Time, ... I'm impressed at the fact that you are doing articles at all! I hope to get that far...
Pierce is a pretty neat Dalmatian. He's only got one leg in Open right now, but we think we will soon have that CDX!!! Pierce mouths the dumbell also. I...
Libby, Have you tried using a tie down board? This is where you start with a limited number of scent articles that are tied down to a board and the "scented"...
Have you tried a "hold it" command? Don't ask for a retrieve, just put the DB in Chip's mouth and ask for a hold. Start with just a couple of seconds at...
Hi Karen, I do have a tie down board and have used it on all of my other Dalmatians. It does work well, I am just exploring my options this time around. I am...
... working on scent articles. How have you started your dogs? I am curious to see what methods you have used.< Here in NZ we start on scent discrimination...
Karen, I am teaching "hold it", but that is the part that isn't going well. It is taking a VERY long time to teach. I have been having him get the dumbell-...
... well...< I had trouble with teaching Chita the dumbell....she hated it with a passion. Sadly back then we only had one way to teach and that was to force...
Leslie, Do you clicker train? If you do, you might try using the cliker to reinforce the hold and then give the cookie after having been reinforced with the...
This is a wonderful idea. I taught the most reliable retrieve I have ever seen using the clicker. I had a dog so happy to go get the dumbbell and hold it...
Karen, You offered to help Leslie with clicker training. I would like to hear about it with scent dicrimination. When do you click? Libby Simendinger ...
Libby, I haven't done a lot of scent discrimiantion work yet, but when I have used it I click as soon as Chloe sniffs the correct article. I then work up to...
Question.....do I give a command to send my dog? Libby ... From: karen bergman To: dalsatwork@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 10:32 AM Subject:...
Question.....do I give a command to send my dog? Libby Libby, I would hold off on using the send command until he dog has a good understanding of finding the...
I received this message from the Yahoo groups today. After reading it I didn't see anything that would reallly affect our group as I haven't noticed anyone...