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Is this directed at me?

Based on Lauranj's response - I think she did read the whole conversation. And I think she was the only person that understood the point I was trying to get across. I appologized that my tone sounded...

It was my understanding that the OP had a good re-call. “Barly just turned 4 months and is teething and generally being a pain in the butt at ties. He would come when called before…” which is why I...

Hopefully, I can try to defend myself a little bit, and clarify this. Thanks to Lauranj for understanding what I was trying to say in my posts - I understand that the way I wrote it out was crude,...

No where do I say that I use fear and intimidation to train. To be very specific all of the dogs on the team wear DEVAL slip chains. They are very fine chains ( Known to be the most sought after...

I don’t disagree with anything you’ve written. The advice that I offered was the same as others (long line, call the dog in, use the lead when the dog does not come, praise the dog once it does… so...

Then I respectfully apologize

I stand by my methods because they have been proven. I won't let this happen in the future. New here still figuring things out.

Training dogs, winning multiple titles, stopping aggressive dogs from being euthanized and assisting in rehabilitating them to be re homed, owning a working dog, competing in rally and agility - I'm...

Barley isn’t coming when called because he doesn’t realize that you are the boss, and there isn’t a choice involved. Unfortunately, when you call him to you and he just looks at you and doesn’t come,...