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Originally Posted by dogsdinner
i agree about the juniors i have leart a lot by watching them and they also have very good manners, not always found in the adults i'm sorry to say.
Heres one for you - I have a puppy, the head, use of ear's and front end is fine on the stand (its a free standing breed) but the back legs are a bit under her body and she is a bit crouched. At ringcraft (which i dont go to any more) the treainer said to throw the bait to get her to stand back from me but i think this is where its come from as she looks ready to spring. Will she get over it or is there a way to get her to stand relaxed with her back legs natural? I keep stacking her at home with the word I use and shes still very young i might need to be more pateint?
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I don't agree with the trainer as you said it just makes her crouch more by getting ready to spring Tich's german spitz used to do the same thing as her and she has actually taught him the word stretch and if he is not standing right now she just says stretch and he moves his back feet back it is awkward with free-standing dogs the way they teach them in the states is fab, until I actually saw it in use I thought it was un-natural - they have blocks with a magnetic base which they place at the correct distance on a magnetic board (for want of a better word) the dogs are then 'put' on the blocks and this how they teach the stance. The blocks of wood are only about 2" high but they make them think!!! they are called 'happy legs'
Happy Legs