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Sunday, November 23. 2014

Distracted By Food Syndrome

It's not the same as ADD. It's simply undisciplined:



Posted by Bird Dog at 06:27 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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That goldie wins first prize with an honors ribbon attached. Clear priorities and timely execution.
Left a few chunks of kielbasa but what the heck. Got all the toys, most of the food, mission accomplished.

"Finish line? I laugh at finish lines." thought the dog.
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#1 chasmatic (Link) on 2014-11-23 09:15 (Reply)
The dog is the clear victor here. The value of teaching dogs discipline for our entertainment is artificial.
#1.1 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2014-11-25 23:21 (Reply)
Maybe she should have fed him before the contest.
#2 mudbug on 2014-11-23 09:24 (Reply)
You use food and anything you can think of as distractions in training, so that you can answer the question whether it's permitted to stop for distractions.

The answer is no.

If it hasn't come up before, the dog doesn't know the rule.
#3 rhhardin (Link) on 2014-11-23 11:00 (Reply)
Serves him/her right for bringing an untrained dog.
#4 jdgalt on 2014-11-23 17:21 (Reply)
OK, I get it. The dog was supposed to ignore all the distractions. I thought the test was how many hits the dog could make with the fastest time.

Down around my place, borderland NM, we have ranch dogs.
#5 chasmatic (Link) on 2014-11-24 08:15 (Reply)

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