Vandal in my posts I provided other dogs to highlight the short comings of the Herax dog, who I did not like. He would not be for me . Too much avoidance activity , his threshold is lower . You can see this on the second youtube of Herax on the physical exam where the dog jumps out of surprise and squeezes back to the handler. Seems the only time he connects with handler is when under pressure or fear.
Even so he is a better PET option .
The second dog was better than Herax and the third dog , the black dog was a complete failure , going into total avoidance not even having trust in handler when handler stands quietly in close contact with the hanging blue jumper suit.
The best dog is the schutzhund dog and that is the one I said I would take.
I probably mentioned this before . I had two dogs that were being evaluated. Silva - the younger and Stark older by about 6 weeks. I believe Silva was about 9 months . We got the call to go out for evaluation - trainers and handlers from both US LE and Can LE would be present. We drove out with instructions to meet at a coffee shop and from there we were to follow to a location that was undisclosed . This way there was the certainty that the dogs had no chance to visit , get worked , feel comfortable in an area made familiar to them. We met . Then followed , a drive of about another 15 minutes . Without a brake , dog is asked to come out of car and track , stranger track , 1/2 mile , laid earlier in the morning - man at end . I can tell you Mike was running behind the dog who was quick and accurate . Bing . Good impression.
Next dog , other location , same thing.
Next test , general retrieval, engagement with strangers , hunting for ball tossed into brush , hidden , hunt / search , with distractions . Both dogs good.
Next dogs taken , one at a time, with stranger handler who without being social marches along a path deeper into wooded area where dog is tied out . There are observers in place but hidden. The dog is left by self. Handler comes out of clearing . Then events happen. Staged joggers - neutral , bicyclists, neutral , gun fire - distance, then hostile approach and confrontation. We hear dog barking , nice and deep , (good).
Both dogs pass.
We are told result as evaluator reads it out to the entire group.
Break for coffee , then head off to other location .Now we are working in buildings . We are at the auto mechanics , dog taken by strange handler into work area , air pistons going , things clanging , being dropped. All the noises and activity of a busy mechanics .
Next was to take dog into adjoining windowless building which was in total darkness and dog walked into it then up a metal stair case and cat walk along one side of wall. Then when back on ground level surprise movement .
at the end both dogs were wanted , one of those flip a coin to make a decision. After a few moments of talk the older of the two Stark was selected , on our advice , because of his advantage of being older and better by that for the certification course which was to begin shortly after. That was Stark - about 9 months
https://sites.google.com/site/countrylanepsd/successes-references/carmspack-stark-success-page
The other dog Silva later became
https://sites.google.com/site/countrylanepsd/successes-references/carmspack-sylva
He was selected , trained and certified by the same trainer , evaluator / certifier as Stark .
The dogs were related as there dams were sisters to each other, and their grandmother was sister to
Untitled which was a "click" with several other littermates going into law enforcement (USA). That department started off with Flint
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who made an arrest inside a mall , during the Christmas season -- having to track down the person in this highly contaminated hard surface track - finding the man after hours of thorough hunting , up and down the different levels , going into washrooms , service areas, behind scenes in the food court, into the utility rooms where the mechanics of the building area -- dog never relented in his drive and then finds a store front with the steel mesh curtain down , insists this is the spot , can't be pulled off , strong indication. They see that there was enough give for a person to shimmy through bottom . Dog finds person hiding under table with season drapery from table top display to floor . The man and dog meet face to face. If this were a dog who had to discharge his pent up energy in finding the guy, the man would not have had a face. This was in all the local papers.
I want to know how do you get your whites so white?
Is it Persil?
Carmen