Posted by Maynard Pease Link: Cavalier K9
on October 2, 2009, 10:16 am
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I first want to thank Butch (Founder K9 Pro Sports), Ish (Dream Team Kennels), Teresa (Colonial K-9), and Chip (selected decoy for the competition) for putting together an awesome event. Congratulations to all the handler K9 teams that stepped up and competed, as it is a lot of work to just get to the point to be able to walk on the field.
The seminar on Friday Butch explained that the main objective of K9 Pro Sports was to test your dog to see if he will protected in a real life situation. The civil agitation by Butch was awesome and all the Handlers had a chance to see how there K9`s would do to deter and if needed protect the team if needed in the most real life situation that can be created in a trial setting.
K9 Pro Sports Trial on Saturday started with some impressive teams completing the training division. Yes Patsy I was watching that BIG-BIG fire breathing wolf dog.. You have done a great job with him and thanks for making the long twenty two hour drive to have some fun with us in Virginia. Chip the handler attack decoy work was great and mimicked a real fight from a suspect trying to do harm to the handler. All teams where prepared for the challenge and passed.
Next ---- the Person Protection Division. I wish I could have seen all the teams but I was preparing my old man Roy for the challenge we where facing. I know the civil agitation scenario is a tough one and Butch showed on Friday that he was not afraid to get in on you if your K9 was not 100 percent focused on the task of protecting the team at all cost. I did see the team of Sandi Burlarley and Marvel. Very impressive and great handler skills. I missed the team of Teresa Mathern and Abby. But I did see them working Friday and I could tell that have been doing there homework. Now from the eyes of Roy and I….. First up the obedience… Very practical and needed to show control. I was very nervous about the distraction when you left your dog before the recall. I was walking away form Roy hoping he would still be on his down when I looked back and my old man was.. oooo yesssss…..Ok now for the protection phase….First up civil agitation with distraction. The training on Friday prepared us and we did it Roy passed… ooooooo yessssss…. Now I just had to worry about the out as Roy has a little problem with that ..hahah .. Handler attack: Chip came out and brought it to us and Roy came to my defense… Here we go Butch said out your dog : I commanded to Roy---- Done and he let go wow ok now Roy might just pass…Mark and I have been working with Roy this out very hard--- now it all comes together for us. Now one more to go the courage test with the recall back to the handler (For Handler Safety)….Well we did not practice this like we should have…. Roy ran down the field and Chip worked the old man so good Roy said nooo wayyy am I coming back to my handler he does not play with me like Chip does… So no matter what I did Roy would not leave Chip… Roy even got a few cheap bites in on Chip because he heard Chip joking him about all his grey muzzle hair.
Wow as you can tell I had a great time last weekend…
I want to thank Butch and Ish for a perfect and unbiased job of judging…
I better get back to work…
The east coast is coming on strong in K9 Pro Sports… watch out for 2010 at the world championships we may be taken the championship buckle back to the east coast…
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