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<blockquote data-quote="James" data-source="post: 4902" data-attributes="member: 212"><p>Almost any breed of dog has the potential to become a Detector Dog . The important criteria is that it has what is called 'Play Drive' .</p><p>Playdrive is what makes a dog want to chase a target for a reward ..... all day long ..... with so much passion that evrything else becomes secondary.</p><p>In training the tennis ball is the toy and the target ..... the item of interest ......and it becomes the reward for the dogs persistence to play.</p><p></p><p>So, if your Foxy wants to play all day and drives you crazy, then it may well have potential.</p><p>Bear in mind that for every successfull dog that Richelle's tests, only one in a hundred make it through to boot camp, and then that is not a given that they will make the grade.</p><p></p><p>The dog that makes the grade is pretty special.</p><p></p><p>The dog in the photo is pretty special.</p><p> He thinks he can drive my truck, smack a hammer and is partial to cheese sandwiches ..... but he has zero potential as a working Detector Dog.</p><p>I knew that from day one .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James, post: 4902, member: 212"] Almost any breed of dog has the potential to become a Detector Dog . The important criteria is that it has what is called 'Play Drive' . Playdrive is what makes a dog want to chase a target for a reward ..... all day long ..... with so much passion that evrything else becomes secondary. In training the tennis ball is the toy and the target ..... the item of interest ......and it becomes the reward for the dogs persistence to play. So, if your Foxy wants to play all day and drives you crazy, then it may well have potential. Bear in mind that for every successfull dog that Richelle's tests, only one in a hundred make it through to boot camp, and then that is not a given that they will make the grade. The dog that makes the grade is pretty special. The dog in the photo is pretty special. He thinks he can drive my truck, smack a hammer and is partial to cheese sandwiches ..... but he has zero potential as a working Detector Dog. I knew that from day one . [/QUOTE]
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