Happy Half-Millennium(500 posts) Richard! I just wanted to thank you for all your contributions to making this board the most informative one on the net. You have really shown your vast knowledge of dog training and are a class act as well. I think I speak for many of us when I say Thank You.

Ya. . . OK. . .Richard is pretty cool. . . I admit it. . . ,but I won't ever do it again. You got a lot to offer Richy.

Nice post Vince.

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Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate it.

On another point, it was reported to me that some people may have gotten the wrong idea about the dogs I told the stories about. Neither of these dogs could even remotely be described as nasty dogs. In fact both are very social dogs with everybody. IN both cases the dog did as they should and both are very good representatives of how the breed should be.

Rich, I am going to make your Day.

Last night I had the pleasure to test for work attitude a 130 lb Black Russian Terrier. This dog who was imported from Russia as a puppy out of what was described as working parents was simply one of the better dogs I have evaluated in a very long time.

This dog whose name is Zorro was of extreame stability and exibited an air of confidence in everything I threw at the dog.

This mature dog had never been protection tested and without hesitation took a deep penetrating firm and very hard grip on the bite objects I presented.

This dog took stick hits without a blink of an eye and in fact showed no anger aggression while engaged but I have to tell you that if this dog ever grabs a person for real they are in big trouble.

This dog has so much mouth that he could engulf a large mans whole leg and crush it, period.

I was very impressed with the natural drives present and it was a treat to test this monster dog who could be just as happy doing above average obed if trained for this.

Should the owners decide to go farther in the training with this dog then it is my(humble)opinion that Zorro will become breed history for the BRT in North America.

Look out decoys in North America, there is a big kid scouting the block.

Jerry Cudahy

Jerry,

Thank you for putting that up. What will make my day is if the dog does enter training for trials, or even just for work. I do have a bit of mixed emotion about it because I was hoping to put the first protection title in North America on a member of the breed. I wouldn't mind being second or third though, LOL. If I rember this dogs pedigree correctly this dogs sire is now owned by Anna. I had looked in to getting a puppy from him and couldn't work out the details for doing it.

The agitators around here have been looking at my puppy and another one and have made the comment that we are looking to get them killed. They are also dealing with a 105 Cane Corso, at 10 months, in addition to the BRT's coming down the pike.

The breeder that my put came from just got finished with a CD on one of her bitches with 3 scores of over 190. To a certain extent their use for this sport work will be a question of people getting envolved in doing protection work rather than just showing. We are starting to see a shift in attitude in the breed and protection, tracking, and SAR work is also becoming of interest among breeders in North America and other parts of the world. There seems to be a recognition that to maintain the breed we must maintain the working heritage or we lose the breed we love. I hope that the interest continues.