...his daughter titled her Mal when the kid was 9.
This keeps popping up again and again. What's up with 3,5,7,9 year old kids titling GSDs/Mals? Cute... maybe... in a wierd way, but I don't see how it could work out in practice.
How does a 9-year old train a dog like that? What happens when the dog blows the child off? The sweet little girl zaps that cute doggie with an e-collar till the cute doggie screams?
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I think it probably has less to do with a kid than the parents. Similar to some academic folk who want their kids to finish school at 10 and graduate from college at 12. Paternal pride and such?
Cute little girl & very bidable dog working well together. I'd be curious to know if she trained this dog, totally herself, from day one.
It would have to be a pretty soft dog for those little corrections to be effective.
I believe it would be possible for a really dedicated youngster to train the right
soft tempermented dog. But I seriously doubt that they would be able to give an appropriate correction on a harder tempermented dog. Even with a softer tempermented dog, they would need adult help in the protection phase of the sports,to control the dog, as seen in the video above.
It's good to know that the youth of today is taking some interest in the dog sports.
My friend's daughters all trained their own dogs. They are 14 and 16 now but were handling dogs from 7 up. Their mother is our training director and their dad is our helper and they are better handlers than I. Started with their mom's old retired malinois before getting their own dogs. The younger girl went from BH to SchH III with her malinois and is now on her second malinois. The older girl went from BH to SchH III/FH on her GSD. She got the BH and FH on the same weekend before the dog was two years old if I recall correctly.
Both these girls have dogs that are no lightweights and they handle them with skill and confidence. The breeder of her GSD hired her to put a SchH I on the pup she kept from the litter and it got a 100 on her SchH I track ;-)
With that said, their mom and dad are contientious about ensuring that there are no safety issues. Mom also handles the remote on the ecollar if they are using one in training.
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Bet you had a nice talk with the young gentleman. All's well that ends well.
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