Well, I'm back from the lastest Bernhard Flinks seminar and it was worth every mile of driving to go see it. ( 1340 miles one way )

Bernhard again took the time to explain details down to their simplest element so that everyone could understand it. There was a good mix of new idea's to help those of us who had been to previous seminar's, but he also took the time to reinforcement his basic ideas when needed.

I heard from several people in the audience that their dogs made months worth of progress in just three days - and that's how I felt, exactly!

The addition of Alex as the helper ( Alex Beyer, from Berlin ) was a big plus to the seminar. Someone made the joke that for as long as Alex was staying in America, he was the country's best helper - and it was true.

Sadly, Ed set the bar for seminar's - I'll have a very hard time matching the level of professionalism shown at this seminar when I host Bernhard for five days in May 2004 at Tallahassee, Fl ( and yes...that *was* advertising on my part <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> )
The raffles, silent auctions, and door prizes added alot of fun to the seminar - not to mention the beer blast. Thanks, Ed!!

I really enjoyed placing a face to some of the names on the board here at last!

And last but not least, Cindy's photo's are *awesome*! Having the ability to purchase the photos as a long term memory of a cool event really was a nice touch.