Will Rambeau Moderator Reg: 01-25-2003
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They are several tiny ( like under 10 member organization )PPD organizations with different rules, etc. PSA is the largest ( by far ) with ASR in second place for total members. You'll at least find that members of PSA or ASR were successful in dog sports before they started working with those organizations - the smaller ppd organizations tend to be mainly oriented to the bull breeds, and the member tend not to have much experience in the dog world overall.
I always think to myself.."Were the rules of SchH or PSA/ ASR just too hard for these guys and they made up an easy sport just to get their dogs to bite"? Kinda seems that way to me most of the time.
While I mostly agree with what Will sez, Chris' tournaments are a bit different. They're fun, present a unique set of challenges to dog and handler, and are different everytime.
I've seen a few very seasoned competitors do very poorly at his events because the dogs were trained for a specific program, and not 'balanced' overall.
Do you know Chris? I ask because someone recommended him to me to for training. He is going to be evaluating two of my dogs. The first dog… is to help me work with her in Shutzhund... and the second dog to deal with some aggression issues. It was nearly impossible to find this guy. I am just praying he is a solid trainer. Any feedback is appreciated.
The description of his tournament sounded very challenging and fun. I like the idea of having both handler and dog double blinded. Is that the same for PSA or ASR? It just make it more real life rather then choreographed.
Thanks so much!
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I don't know Chris personally, but I do know folks that have trained with him. He's pretty solid from what I know, and has gotten good results. He's been around a long time, and you don't do that in this bidness if you don't know what you're doing.
I don't know anything about PSA, but ASR is a fairly 'standardized' program at the lower levels. We mix things up in the higher levels to prevent any pattern training, so the dog and handler have to work together and figure things out.
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