DemoDick wrote: As soon as you start asking the dog to do something as a condition of his keep, then he starts to become a working dog.
Demo Dick
amazincc wrote:DemoDick wrote: As soon as you start asking the dog to do something as a condition of his keep, then he starts to become a working dog.
Demo Dick
Practicing NILIF is considered "working" then?
pitbullmamaliz wrote:Allison, I'm not familiar with the "sport dog" vs. "real dog" thing. Which is preferable in protection sports?
pitbullmamaliz wrote:Allison, I'm not familiar with the "sport dog" vs. "real dog" thing. Which is preferable in protection sports?
pitbullmamaliz wrote:Tina, so a pit bull could never be a working dog unless it was being fought?
(playing devil's advocate here!)
pitbullmamaliz wrote:Allison, I'm not familiar with the "sport dog" vs. "real dog" thing. Which is preferable in protection sports?
Leslie H wrote:Where does a dog's work ethic come into play? It wasn't until I met some dogs w/out any work ethic that I really started thinking about it. A willingness to do something and to persevere on a challenging task. Does a dog discriminate between sport (most bitework, agility, weight pull) and real work (working police dog, assistance dog, flock guardian)? I've seen dogs work at a challenging sport, like a Ring III routine, w/a committment to task that I think is comparable to the efforts put forth by real working dogs. So, if it's "real work" in the dog's mind, is it a working dog?
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