RE: Prong collar and "hoover vaccum" syndrome.

2003-07-31 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi Kristin, Obviously Yukon is going to be a tracking dog:-) Who knows he may excel at Search and Rescue:-) Seriously if you need to get his nose off the floor the best thing to do is lots of change of direction and change of pace, that way he'll think you have no idea of where you're going so he'd

Re: Prong collar and "hoover vaccum" syndrome.

2003-07-31 Thread Liz Steinweg & Crew
Does Yukon act this way with everyone who walks him, or only with you? Reason I ask is that our Balou is a Hoover also. He will walk with his head up only if off-leash and moving fast; otherwise, it's nose to the ground. We had our daughter handle him during his CGC. He was bright, alert & HEAD UP