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05-24-2008, 10:55 AM
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American Temperament Testing Society
The following is a sequence of events of the ATTS test that Frank took with Sue on June 3, 2007. It doesn't show a lot (there really isn't a lot to see during one of these tests) but it will give an idea of the process for those that are thinking of taking their dog through one.
This is Frank, waiting his turn (you can almost see him thinking "Oh hurry up already"  )  Sue and Franking starting the test...  This is the judge (the older gentelman in the hat) and part of the crew...  Here is Frank going up to one of the young girls that played the friendly greeter...    Here's the second friendly greeter...  Going up to one of the blinds (que the scary music)...  He dumps some rocks into a bucket...   Frank was hoping for lunch... 
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05-24-2008, 11:01 AM
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After munching on a few rocks, Frank and Sue head for the tarp trap...
 Frank's still wondering about the rocks in the bucket...  Oops, not time for the tarp trap yet... Over to a not so friendly greeter...  Frank gets an umbrella popped open in his face...  Ok, now to the tarp trap...  Over the tarp and then the grate...  Que the scary music again...  Frank made it past the wild drunk just fine and on out the finish gates...  Mike
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05-26-2008, 04:49 PM
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I wonder how our Ellie would do on this test. When she's wound up, she can get really fired up.
A couple of years ago (El is 12 1/2 now), she was walking with Laura and Harry (the dobie mix) in the part down the street. Harry only ever wanted to stand next to Laura with his ear up against her pocket so she took his leash off and encouraged him to run. Of course, he just stood and looked at her and said "oh, come on, I'll be good - I just want to walk with my ear up against your pants pocket". Just then a guy with a small dog walked by and snarled at Laura "You should put a leash on that dog - you're going to spoil it for us all". Harry's response was to put his ear up against Laura's pocket and that got Laura's attention for a second. Then she realized that there was no tension on Ellie's leash but it was right at the tension level and she could feel every time that Ellie twitched. And then she heard a low, deep "uurrrrrrrrrrr" from way down in Ellie's throat. She clipped Harry's leash on quickly and calmed Ell but she came home saying "I know who's going to be on my side if I ever need it". Ellie's nemesis in the neighborhood is a Giant Schnauzer. The GS's owner (who is as close to a total AH as I've ever seen, anyway) only walks this dog when other dogs are unlikely to be out because the dog is so unpleasant and aggressive to other dogs. Well, I came home at an odd hour and took Ell out for a walk. She had just dropped one and I was picking it up with a plastic bag when the GS (and owner) came around the corner about 14 feet away. He immediately launched to the end of his leash and was up on his rear feet barking and snarling when Ell immediately started barking back and took off at him. I grabbed her leash hard and felt her pull .. then her head slipped through the leash. She took off right at him and just out of reflex, I almost snapped "Ellie, COME!!!!". She was 5 feet from him and she just stopped in her tracks, looked back at me, looked at him (still snarling and up on his rear feet), looked at me and them walked over to me as if nothing had happened. (The GS owner pulled it away and jerked it back behind the fence so I fput Ell's collar back on, finished cleaning up with the plastic bag and took Ell off in the other direction. I didn't think that she'd actually respond like that -- she usually just won't back down from an aggressive dog.
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05-27-2008, 05:43 PM
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Bouviers like to keep us guessing. In the first story, Ellie was probably responding to his voice telling you to put a leash on. You could tell he doesn't understand dogs very much or else he uses that tone on his dog and probably gets the reaction he likes... a quivering dog. Oh how a Bouvier could wise him up in about 5 minutes.
Mike
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