[jacquej]

Your description of a Malinois is right on! I might add that they are so easily trained, that they "get it in about 5 minutes, if not just from watching other dogs being trained.

There is a downside, though. I heard a rumor that the Border Patrol folks won''t use them, because in their training, they expect the dog to check car after car after car, all day long, and the Mainois gets so bored by repetitive training that they shut down, and start doing extraneous things, such asfooling around to entertain themselves.

I keep my training sessions very short, and keep them interested by never repeating an exercise more than twice when they are sucessful.

Now, while making dinner during the break I was listening to the disccussion of the tire sniffing and the MH sniffing... Those of you who have dogs ever notice all the tire sniffing that goes on when you come home?

I wonder how Hopi and Cielo's trainer managed to train them not to sniff for dog pee, etc... I would find that very hard to train for, even in my smart Malinois, and wonder if Feldman has thought about that...

Remember the dog in Glamis? Male or female? Did he pee on the tires? Pee on the side of the Motorhome? Does the guy where he stroed the MH have a dog? cats?

[pyx]

I heard a rumor that the Border Patrol folks won''t use them, because in their training, they expect the dog to check car after car after car, all day long, and the Mainois gets so bored by repetitive training that they shut down, and start doing extraneous things, such asfooling around to entertain themselves.

[Border Patrol Officer to his dog] Rex ! Out ! [pause] Out ! Small Mexicans are NOT chew toys !
[Rex gives his handler that glance with one eye guilty look.]