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**Liesje** · 01-14-2013, 02:43 PM

Pan used to go in where he was line up correctly in front of the helper but his body was at an angle (we used to joke that he was blind in one eye). To fix that we just brought him into more aggression (as opposed to letting him get wigged out in prey and "OMG I'm working!!!" crazy) and it made for a straighter, tighter guard.

Nikon is a work in progress so I do not nitpick his position at this point. He used to be obsessed with guarding the stick so if he goes in slightly sleeve-side I leave that alone!

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Liesje Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 16,270	Pan used to go in where he was line up correctly in front of the helper but his body was at an angle (we used to joke that he was blind in one eye). To fix that we just brought him into more aggression (as opposed to letting him get wigged out in prey and "OMG I'm working!!!" crazy) and it made for a straighter, tighter guard. Nikon is a work in progress so I do not nitpick his position at this point. He used to be obsessed with guarding the stick so if he goes in slightly sleeve-side I leave that alone! __________________ Liesje & the K9s Nikon (GSD) U-CH SG Alta-Tollhaus Bono SchH1 KKL T1 FO PA TF-III FDCh-S CL1-R UJJ U-CA HIT TT CGC Coke (All-American) VPC's Coca-Cola CGC, couch warmer extraordinaire Indy (All-American) Blue Horizon's Indigo Girl, flyball star in training Rainbow Bridge Kenya (GSD) U-CH Alta-Tollhaus-Krieger Lamb Chop CL1-R CL1-F RA HIT TDI TT CGC vom Blauen Horizont / Blue Horizon GSDs