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Okay, I admit, Dennis has been to my home and may very well have seen my cinacles... BUT my husband was here at the time.

kinky

only sombody from "The Bay Area" would think that, we're all upstanding Babtist 'round here. heck we don't even have sex standing up....

'cus God might think we're dancing

 Quote: aaron myracle

Flat out?

You're not going to be able to do much of anything with these dogs.

You've established 1) that you lack the self-discipline to refrain from purchasing living animals on a whim.

2) You have far too many dogs to train at once, as a beginning trainer. Most experienced trainers wouldn't attempt that many young dogs.

3) Most clubs aren't going to allow a member to bring 4 different dogs to training. It takes up too much time.
You'd have to choose 1 or perhaps 2 dogs to work with, which will take up oh... well, one dog is around 35 hours a week at that age. So something like 70 hours a week, training two dogs, between schutzhund, basic house training, exercise, etc.

And then you've got the other two, who'll need house training, basic obedience, and a couple hours of exercise a day.

You'll need 4 crates, to separate all these dogs, 24/7 for the next several months.

Thanks for the honesty.

In reply to this.

1) it was far from on a whim, we planned on getting these dogs for years, at least 2 and waiting until i could find a home with enough property to raise these dogs. and give them the time and exercise they need. no doubt it takes a lot of time and money for this but i have plenty of both.

2)all 7 of the dogs are already housebroken and training is going very well they all know their markers and are learning the commands very easily ( even though i messed up by using the word "good" as a marker its harder to watch what i say in front of them if i say good they all expect a treat)

3) Im not planning on training all 4 of them in schutzhund..i know that would be ridiculous and i would never make any head way with any of them, i plan on working with 1 in schutzhund and after i get some experience then maybe moving from there


again i understand maybe i did not specify specifically what my intentions were or it could of been confusing,and i could always just pay somebody to do the training but this is something i really want to do myself, and in my experience there is no better way to learn something then by doing it.

Where in god's name do you get the time to exercise 7 dogs?

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 Quote: steve strom

 Quote: barbara schuler

Okay, I admit, Dennis has been to my home and may very well have seen my cinacles... BUT my husband was here at the time.

kinky

only sombody from "The Bay Area" would think that, we're all upstanding Babtist 'round here. heck we don't even have sex standing up....

'cus God might think we're dancing

lmao

You guys are on fire tonight.

But, why did you want so many dogs, period???

well i start at about 5 am every day, and spend from 5 - 9 playing and training, then the kids get up i get things going with work and am usually back home by 2 from 3 - 5 i again play with the dogs, but not as much as in the morning or evenings being its a very hot summer down here. then again from 8 - 10. i have found that playing fetch or hide and seek not only helps the dogs but its a good way to spend time with them and the kids, they both love it.

I got four, two are couch taters but they still take time. The other two if I didn't have help from my kids I'd have to give one of them up....one of the dogs

8 hours of time to train and exercise, divided by 7 dogs...

Comes out to less than an hour per dog when you factor putting dogs up, getting dogs out, collars, leashes, etc.

Which is... a lot less than most dogs need. Even sedentary dogs need about an hour of exercise a day, THEN another 45 minutes or so of training.

Take a high drive Schutzhund dog? Yeah... I easily spend 3 hours a day on ONE.

 Quote: Aaron Myracle

8 hours of time to train and exercise, divided by 7 dogs...

Comes out to less than an hour per dog when you factor putting dogs up, getting dogs out, collars, leashes, etc.

Which is... a lot less than most dogs need. Even sedentary dogs need about an hour of exercise a day, THEN another 45 minutes or so of training.

Take a high drive Schutzhund dog? Yeah... I easily spend 3 hours a day on ONE.

I'm not trying to title a dog but I manage to save time by exercising them both at the same time and the training is more practice of already learned skills to keep them sharp. As soon as I can get the last kid off to Boot Camp I'm going to do the windshield time for the sport.

 Quote: dennis jones

 Quote: steve strom

 Quote: barbara schuler

Okay, I admit, Dennis has been to my home and may very well have seen my cinacles... BUT my husband was here at the time.

kinky

only sombody from "The Bay Area" would think that, we're all upstanding Babtist 'round here. heck we don't even have sex standing up....

'cus God might think we're dancing

Trashin' my good name two times in one night... Don't call me no Baptist, boy, I'm a fallen away Cathlic' and we dance on tables with a drink in each hand.