Quote Originally Posted by bluebeard
i know not everyone agrees with this form of "working" but it's good to see somone working their hounds showing the versatility of the breed :!: 8-)

Thanks Blue but many just don't understand how hard it is to do this sport and keep the control that is required by a high prey drive aniaml like the APBT

this is the Bark and hold where the dog has to do a blind search find the decoy and perform close strong barking without touching or griping the sleeve


This a open field bark and hold after I've given the out command from the grip after the decoy tried to escape and gave the dog 2 HARD stick hits across the body.


and to show the control put on the dog after all of those grips we have to escort the decoy back to the judge and the trial chair and hand the judge the stick/weapon that he used to assult the dog with.


oh my favorite shot ever of my mutt is this one of him displaying a deep nose and great tracking of a 1 hour old scent trail.