I was waiting for the small flightless bird jokes there for a minute <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> The picture you describe is what I am seeing now... lunging wide mouthed for the prey with eyes bugging out of his head! I'm definately going to try a harness as he almost chokes himself out. I was pushing for the bark more to instigate the game than any thing else.
No flightless bird jokes.
I just wish that a nice long New Zealand vacation was more within my budget! One of the things on my list of must do in this lifetimes is a visit there.
Completly off subject...I was watching some animal program where a guy with a lab was hunting down kiwi's for research. His dog had a unique wire muzzle on that I have been wanting to find on elike...any ideas???
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I was waiting for the small flightless bird jokes there for a minute <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> The picture you describe is what I am seeing now... lunging wide mouthed for the prey with eyes bugging out of his head! I'm definately going to try a harness as he almost chokes himself out. I was pushing for the bark more to instigate the game than any thing else.
Funny you should mention the Kiwi hunting for research! My cousin is quite involved with Kiwi Research and run seminars "kiwi proofing" pig hunting dog around the North Island. What was so unique about this muzzle. Its a long shot but I could make some enquiries for you as I will be seeing him this week.
It was a wire muzzle but the wire didn't go over the muzzle. The wire basket part only hung down from a nice leather strap/pad over the muzzle. If you imagine the typical wire muzzle but without the wire going over the muzzle only in front and under the muzzle. Kinda hard to discribe but it looked like a comfortable piece of equipemnt for the dog that did not interfere with its searching at all.
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Funny you should mention the Kiwi hunting for research! My cousin is quite involved with Kiwi Research and run seminars "kiwi proofing" pig hunting dog around the North Island. What was so unique about this muzzle. Its a long shot but I could make some enquiries for you as I will be seeing him this week.
this is way off the original subject so maybe I'll move it later but, I have a great interest in using dogs for such work. One of the very first experiences I had in training detector dogs was in helping a grad student teach his Brittany to find desert tortises for population studies.
I was jsut a novice and there was some trouble with heat...the AZ desert is a tough place for a dog....but they had some success.
Kiwis, tortises, termites, cancer, bombs, dope, human remains, scent ID, this is where the research in working dogs needs to head to.
It is by far the greatest challenge in training and application.
I know that some folks in protection work will be offended...but trust me on this. I still really enjoy the apprehension work and i (brag) consider myself very proficient in thsi arena but the future is in the dogs nose and understanding how broadly it can be used and how narrowly we can condition the critters resposes to odor.
I cannot imagine watching that nightmare. I thought it was pretty funny though. I would definately watch the dog dancing over Shutzhund any day. I try and be P.C. about it, but since they've turned it into a sissy sport for poodles, and seriously might as well take the bitework out for all the good it does for proving anything.....have I mentioned that I enjoy ringsport? If I could get people to understand that those wierd brown dogs are getting ruined by "poodlehund" as I am now going to refer to it. No thought process over-controlled watered down german joke of goofball nightmare. Quit being babies and follow me down the path of true frustration, and sore knees. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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