Quote: Daniel.P.Hughes

Yes Bob, I am doing marker training. And it is awesome. I will work on her before we go but it is going to be lots of management and training. Thanks everyone.

Daniel, no offense intended here, but why Set Your DOG UP For Failure by putting her in this ill-advised situation ??? To me it simply is not worth all the Probable Problems that are bound to abound in the midst of all that "family fun & frolic" -- Perhaps her BREEDER would agree to take care of the dog while you're on this camp-out ... IMHO, what you envision will just end up causing your pup a LOT of unnecessary STRESS

I don't really expect her to be chill. I know she has high drives. I am just trying to see how much I can expect and how to handle family and friend camping situation. I am fully aware what I got into and that is fine. Just looking for tips and help from the community. I have been around her for while so I knew what I was buying; there are just things I like to get advice from more experienced working dog owners. I am purchasing the nosework dvd shortly and will be doing that with her as well as obedience from michael ellis two dvds.

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Daniel, no offense intended here, but why Set Your DOG UP For Failure by putting her in this ill-advised situation ??? To me it simply is not worth all the Probable Problems that are bound to abound in the midst of all that "family fun & frolic" -- Perhaps her BREEDER would agree to take care of the dog while you're on this camp-out ... IMHO, what you envision will just end up causing your pup a LOT of unnecessary STRESS smiley for

Well how it happened is the vacation was scheduled before I had her; and honestly I forgot about it till recently. So that was all set up. I do see what your saying and there is no offense taken.

thanks

If you take your crate, and control your relatives interactions with the dog, and set aside a number of times each day to train, away from the crowd---

Hoping for the best!

I will report back on this one after the camping trip. Thanks again

Well it was awesome and she is further along in her training than I thought. I spoke with both families and asked that they help me train by just ignoring the dog and they were super awesome about it. I kept her in crate when there was just to much stuff. I found a day use parking lot (we were in the dunes in Oregon riding quads) and it was always empty (about an acre of free space). I trained and exercised here multiple times a day. She has no reaction to quads my friend had a dog that I let them meet once mostly for training since her dog needed training with other dogs. She would turn and run for her ball on a string in mid walking towards the dog. I had kids around and at one point every kid came to the lot (unannounced) and I immediately told them to stay on side and the other side had barking dogs and I worked her in the middle which was a few hundred feet away from both stimulation's and she worked solid the whole time. She had pretty solid engagement no matter what she was exposed to on the trip. NOT ONE BAD INCIDENT. She made me proud and look good and I doubted her.

Outstanding!

I freely admit to being one of the skeptics when you first mentioned your plans but it sounds like your getting a handle on it now.

Keep it up!

Good job! Mental preparation and lots of good practice made for great results

Great job - it's really cool to hear success stories like this

Cool!
AND-you had something to do to get away from the whole scene for a little while each day, for me anyway, always a welcome diversion.