ButchCappel
1st March 2004, 19:42
Totally impressed!!!! That is all I can say about the Denmark dog people.
I am posting this quick update so everyone knows we are back in the country and I will post more notices about the entire experience as time allows.
I am sure Rob Boudreau, will bear me out in this experience and look forward to his comments as well.
Here is a very brief recap, until later.
First Dogge de Bordeau to enter a K9PS trial also wins PP, with a certifying score for 1st leg! 2 conformation winning Presas’ show they are not just “pretty faces” they will be up and running at titles in a very short while.
How dedicated are the Danish trainers? I was there training for 10 days, no one missed a day. In fact, when we ran a few minutes late, getting to the training field, they would call to see if everything was all right. Some worked as security at night and couldn’t take off from work, so they just pulled their shift, drove to the training field and waited to start training! This was in weather that never saw the freezing mark !!!
And the police and military trainers? In Denmark you can call them ‘trainers” not “handlers” because they do not import titled dogs from brokers to be retrained. They raise and train their own dogs! After only a few minutes into the competition I remembered why, in the late 70s’ and early 80s’, Denmark was considered the capital for PSDs’
After working with these trainers I was humbled to be invited back to train with them at their facility this summer. So how good are they? Well at first I thought Darrel Thornton had stuffed Nerf into a GSD hide and shipped him over. If these boys can get to the finals (they say they will) it will be exciting and informative to see what they bring.
How about “sport” dog reps? Well how about a Mal that has represented Denmark at the IPO World Games for 3 years?
Facility? how about an indoor Training facility used to train the police and Queens horses!
Fans? Close to 100 spectators watching and CHEERING!
Media? The national TV news filmed most of it and the main story on the 2 nightly news casts featured K9PS and all in the most fair, upbeat, positive manner you could imagine!!! One of the countries Extreme Sports magazines will be featuring K9PS in an upcoming issue!!!
Well, I am still trying to figure out which day it really is, so I will wait for Rob to add what ever he feels like, head to the store for a bottle of Cognac ( can you believe I said that?) and start getting ready for the first US trial in MEMPHIS Tenn!!!! SKOL!
I am posting this quick update so everyone knows we are back in the country and I will post more notices about the entire experience as time allows.
I am sure Rob Boudreau, will bear me out in this experience and look forward to his comments as well.
Here is a very brief recap, until later.
First Dogge de Bordeau to enter a K9PS trial also wins PP, with a certifying score for 1st leg! 2 conformation winning Presas’ show they are not just “pretty faces” they will be up and running at titles in a very short while.
How dedicated are the Danish trainers? I was there training for 10 days, no one missed a day. In fact, when we ran a few minutes late, getting to the training field, they would call to see if everything was all right. Some worked as security at night and couldn’t take off from work, so they just pulled their shift, drove to the training field and waited to start training! This was in weather that never saw the freezing mark !!!
And the police and military trainers? In Denmark you can call them ‘trainers” not “handlers” because they do not import titled dogs from brokers to be retrained. They raise and train their own dogs! After only a few minutes into the competition I remembered why, in the late 70s’ and early 80s’, Denmark was considered the capital for PSDs’
After working with these trainers I was humbled to be invited back to train with them at their facility this summer. So how good are they? Well at first I thought Darrel Thornton had stuffed Nerf into a GSD hide and shipped him over. If these boys can get to the finals (they say they will) it will be exciting and informative to see what they bring.
How about “sport” dog reps? Well how about a Mal that has represented Denmark at the IPO World Games for 3 years?
Facility? how about an indoor Training facility used to train the police and Queens horses!
Fans? Close to 100 spectators watching and CHEERING!
Media? The national TV news filmed most of it and the main story on the 2 nightly news casts featured K9PS and all in the most fair, upbeat, positive manner you could imagine!!! One of the countries Extreme Sports magazines will be featuring K9PS in an upcoming issue!!!
Well, I am still trying to figure out which day it really is, so I will wait for Rob to add what ever he feels like, head to the store for a bottle of Cognac ( can you believe I said that?) and start getting ready for the first US trial in MEMPHIS Tenn!!!! SKOL!