As an idea of what a judge may ask for in the traffic portion...

During the car/bike/jogger part, one of the 8 dogs started to eyeball the dog in front of him (all the dogs were walking, with about 5-6 feet spacing, down the road at the same time). The judge decided to REALLY test the dogs neutrality to each other by having the dogs all stop where they were. The last dog/handler team had to weave through all the dog in front of them and stop at the front of the line. This was repeated until the last dog (originally first in line) went through and was first in line again. THEN they all had to weave BACK through a second time, this time back the way they had come. So the first time the pup was facing the other pups’ butt, the second time they were face to face. Any aggression was a DQ.

Not many passed that day... It was a SERIOUS test of the dogs’ neutrality and/or obedience. Above and beyond what most train for. Not many dogs can pass that test with out some serious prep work.

Another BH I saw was so easy, there was practically no test at all. Very simple, nor pressure no worries.

Most are in between, but be prepared for it all.

Good luck!

Good luck, Kel. You both are looking good.

Just remember to BREATHE.......you remeber your rinding trainer telling you that when you competed, right?

When you get stressed you don't realize it, but you can hold your breath & then EVERYTHING tenses up. It travels down the reins or down the leash.

Have fun...that's what it's all about. You will do fine. Just BREATHE.

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As an idea of what a judge may ask for in the traffic portion...

During the car/bike/jogger part, one of the 8 dogs started to eyeball the dog in front of him (all the dogs were walking, with about 5-6 feet spacing, down the road at the same time). The judge decided to REALLY test the dogs neutrality to each other by having the dogs all stop where they were. The last dog/handler team had to weave through all the dog in front of them and stop at the front of the line. This was repeated until the last dog (originally first in line) went through and was first in line again. THEN they all had to weave BACK through a second time, this time back the way they had come. So the first time the pup was facing the other pups’ butt, the second time they were face to face. Any aggression was a DQ.

Not many passed that day... It was a SERIOUS test of the dogs’ neutrality and/or obedience. Above and beyond what most train for. Not many dogs can pass that test with out some serious prep work.

Another BH I saw was so easy, there was practically no test at all. Very simple, nor pressure no worries.

Most are in between, but be prepared for it all.

Good luck!

Well, some of the dogs are SCREWED then. Koenig will be fine, luckily, even if we had to weave through other dogs. He does not care. We have one seriously reactive pup in our club, and I think just today she decided NOT to enter, thank god, because she would have been dismissed before she even reported in with the judge. I'm also very lucky that we've got a small club. All the dogs have seen each other/smelt each other. We've got like 6 BH's from within the club, and 1 outside BH. A 2 that is within the club along with an outside 2, a club FH, an outside FH, and rumor of another FH and 3 showing up day of trial.... so it's pretty small.

Steve- today we practiced with a very liberal 'judge'. I had to sit my dog, leave him, and the group squeezed him.... 5 people (6?-7? I don't remember) All in with toes touching my dog. Koenig just tried to peer through them to find me. Repeated that in the down as well. He's a good boy.


Anne- wait.... you mean I have to remember to breathe? Crap..... Hahaha. Yeah, I totally remember all the lectures on breathing, except I got them in lessons AS WELL as on show days. Downward transitions... exhale.... ride down in your seat... I remember all too well, but THANK YOU for the additional reminder! Call me Sat morning, around 10? Holler it at me then, again? lol.

Good luck Kelly!

Good luck Kelly, you will be fine! We're rooting for ya!

I know she's probably already out at the field but I just wanted to wish them an extra GOOD LUCK today!!!

GO KELLY AND KOENIG!!! Woot, woot.

You beat me to it CJ!

Tapping foot impatiently waiting for update from Team Byrd!

LOL Betty. Just got in myself and couldn't hit the computer fast enough.

Okay Kelly... where are you?