Samantha 2010 WDC Schutzhund-Obedience

Samantha Jimenez (Age 7) shows Hesy Naspo at the 2010 Working Dog Championship. Thank You T. Floyd for being her coach. The score was 91.

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Pets & Animals

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• 2010 WDC
• Samantha Jimenez
• Youth in Schutzhund

[Savant74656]

@TheLongestNickHere - Obedience is not about "domination." It is about partnership and communication. This young lady is clearly communicating effectively with this dog, which is responding to her beautifully. As a professional dog trainer I can tell you that a dog does not generalize - meaning a trainer cannot train so that a dog obeys another person. Even if another handler started this dog, this girl could not be effective if the dog did not respect her personally. She does a great job.

[AgilityBeagle]

@NoaAikane Are you kidding me? Obedience is 100% about teamwork, partnership, and willingness to work for the handler, and nothing to do with domination. Unless you're an old school trainer. Have you ever trained a dog to this level? I seriously doubt it. My dog is not very high drive or motivated by toys or food, and crumbles under the slightest pressure, yet because we're a close team, she's performed beautifully at two Nationals so far. Placed third in one, and won the other.

[WaggieComSg]

Hi all, I am from Singapore. I think Samantha did a great job.

Although our obedience rules are difference from yours, I can see very good team work in the handling. I know exactly how hard it is to train children to handle dogs for trial.

I am currently training my 5 years old son for obedience trial in Singapore. he saw this video & say he want to train & handle our Border Collie like Samatha. Thanks for posting & the encouragement.

[AgilityBeagle]

@K9Midas I don't know her total score, but it was a National level event. She's competed in several more since.

[AgilityBeagle]

@dirkgentlyus Well maybe they did use a lot of compulsion training the dog, but it's very possible they didn't. I trained mine using mostly positive training methods, and she does the same thing in trials. Plus, it's her parent's dog, so the close teamwork isn't quite there since she didn't train him herself. She is a very talented handler though, I met her at Nationals, and not only is she talented, but she's adorable to boot.

[dirkgentlyus]

For age 7 this is great handling. I wonder, though, is anyone having fun here? The dog certainly is not. He is listening to her but he disenages and loses focus quickly and he is not wagging his tail. Maybe this all comes in time and it can be nerve racking when you are out there, but, I wonder what training methods were used with this dog...I would be surprised if it were operant conditioning.

[NoaAikane]

@Savant74656 Situation: Security person hands his perfectly trained guard dog to a 2nd person during presentation. 2nd person holds the leash, commands the dog, dog attacks security person (owner!!!) and let go after another command. So, well trained working dogs just follow orders and not people. Obedience is absolut about domination and not about partnership.

[NoaAikane]

@bbmtge Not ignorant at all, it´s just the truth. I own big dogs, too and my 4yrs old walked them. So, I know it´s not a big deal for a 7yrs old walking a well trained dog. Fact!

[bbmtge]

@NoaAikane A most ignorant statement.

[supremeFTW]

is that fun for the dog ? looks weird.