Thread: Our English Setter arrives

Originally Posted by Ruff

Praise and pats on the lead will not achieve anything... not a single thing, nothing zip nada... Seriously... nothing... you trying to make a dog "like" you???.... forget it, it's a dog, it will, ultimately, handled right, like being with you.... making it "like" you will require you give it a brain transplant and make it human. You can make it hate you, but I think we're all above that here, you can;t make it like you by going cooey and lovey dovey... it's a dog..

50ft???, depends on the skill of the handler.... 10 - 20 feet ... complete waste of time and rope.but please expand on your intimate knowledge of the techniques I prescribe.... reckon I got across a bit more in a fantastic conversation and met both Inti and Felcher today at the shop... Reckon Brian has a handle on it.

seeing as you KNOW everything, please tell me where I wrote ANYTHING about wanting the dog to like the person...the puppy is afterall a puppy and needs to form a connection, confidence and trust in the handler/owner...its a dog...get you!!!!