Upstanding Canines?

Question

How many of you own a dog (of ANY breed) With titles, trophies, CGC, Search and Rescue, therapy or any other type of achievement award?

Those of you who do, especially those who own "dangerous" breeds that are outstanding examples of Good Dogs. Follow this link.
http://dpca.org/Legisltv/cardchallenge.htm

For those of you who don't already own an exemplary canine, would you like to? Do you have any goals for your dog and you?

Personally I'd love to get Mack over his aggression since it is indeed fear-aggression and get his CGC. I would also love to get him into search and rescue. As of right now I'm just trying to get him steady in public areas.

Add: Mercia, there is a bit of difference between yapping and trying to take someone's face off after they've been petting you for 2 minutes. Believe me, if this was barking it would have been "fixed" already. He's gotten better since the diet change, the training seems to be taking and overall he seems happier.

Answer 1

yes i do.
My dog Peggy Sue ( a doxie/chi mix) is a therapy dog. she visits the nursing home in town, as well as the children's floor of our local hospital.
it was something that i knew 4 yrs ago when i adopted her that she would be good at.

she's such a sweetheart...and we adopted her from a kill-shelter. she used to be someones pet. she was micro-chipped and spayed already. she was found running by a major highway...scared out of her mind. her adoption fee was only $4.00! the cost of her rabies shot.
the family that the micro-chip linked her to denied ever owning her. can you believe that!? i swear i hate ppl.

Answer 2

I doubt sending my local Member of Parliament a card would go down well! I didn't even vote for him!
As for my dog, I've only had her since May (she's a 3yr old rescued puppy farm breeder)but now that she is beginning to settle and her training is well under way I'm starting to take her to work with me! It started as a way of getting her used to dog friendly people as I work in the Community as a care worker and the people I look after enjoy her occasional visits but I'd really like to get her into a PAT group and do more with her! As a friend of mine trains dogs for Mountain Rescue it was something I'd have loved to do but I'm too old and unfit!
I wonder if there is a British equivalent of the CGC? I'd love to see if she and I could pass that sort of test!
Must try and find out!

Answer 3

We've not yet acheived anything with my Border Collie, but I am working in that direction. I am hoping to have my first run the novice obedience in the near future and plan to also gain a CGC for my BC. We're training in a few areas right now, such as obedience, agility, rally-o and herding and I am planning to add tracking to the mix this winter.

Tho herding and obedience are currently at the top of my priority list, I am hoping to venture into other things with my BC in the future. I figure anything we can at least have a go at training is worth trying a few times. I totally enjoy working and training with my dog, so it will always be on going for her :)

Answer 4

I took the CGC when my pup was under a year old. We passed everything, but she was too "wiggly" during the handling section where the instructor brushes the dog. So we did not pass.

I haven't been back to retake it because I'm not sure I care that much about the piece of paper. I've thought about competing in rally too, but haven't actually done it. I've met lots of nice people in dog training, but have met some bad apples as well. Sort of soured me on the experience, so now I just enjoy my dog without competing. I may compete in the future, but I'm not sure. Maybe when my labby is less wiggly?

Answer 5

CGC = Canine Good Citizen?

Yes, we've got that in the UK:

http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/activities/good_citizen.html

I've just started taking classes to work towards the bronze award with my greyhound. The hope is that - although it will no doubt take longer, we would hope our daughter could take him through it. There's a long way to go yet, and maybe she'll never get there with him - but even if she doesn't, she'll learn a lot in the process which should stand her in good stead.

Answer 6

Yes, my dogs have various achievement awards, including me, as their spokes person, I have been invited to a variety of talk host shows. The last one I participated was the 'now you're talking', replacing Kilroy-Silk and hosted by Nadia (ex-eastenders). I spoke of the spiritual and psychic communication skills of dogs in general. I own a Tibetan breed which dates back to the 17th Century and was bred to ward off the evil spirits. Isadora proved herself many times. She saved a neighbour from being killed by her husband in a car, which he central locked. References of their breed can be found in specific books, since they are not well known and with Tibet being taken over by China, lost their status.

I cannot tell all, because otherwise my books will have no materials left. LOL

Regarding, was it your dog? Do not look at aggressive energies as bad, but as the foundation to transform poison into medicine. Like Celeste used to yep rather a lot. Her Father was a top pedigree Corgi and she inherited her aunties protective skills in relation to guarding the shopping. She's a funny girl our Celeste and likes to put her ore in when on the phone. I started putting her behaviour on cue by saying 'talking'. When I want her to talk, she does her thing. So, whatever energy any animal displays, be this good or bad, it is what you do with it that enables them to accomplish your goal. In this case if you wish to use it as a 'sniffer' dog or some other form of protective behaviour, find the right cue, so the dog can use what is currently destructive as extremely constructive. Thus becoming the upstanding good canine citizen, you wish him to be. LOL They feel good about themselves also, because being rewarded is the greatest thrill for any creature, be they animal or human.

Answer 7

My two German Shepherd Dogs have their CGC certificates, we're working on higher obedience titles, and possibly therapy certifying my female (she's so cuddly with everyone).

They are always impressing people with their good manners while we are out in public and are great representatives of their breed. I am so proud of them! People are especially blown away when they see my two year old hanging on them and my two older kids (6 and 10) walking them and being able to control them.

By allowing people to see good examples of a breed so many people are misinformed about and often scared of, we can hopefully change the public's tendency to judge dogs based on their breed rather than their behavior.

Good luck to all of you who are teaching your dogs to be happy well-behaved canine citizens!

Answer 8

I would love to get one of my pugs, Winston, CGC certified and then go on to do therapy work with him after the proper certs.
He is so well behaved around children, I am specifically interested in taking him to do therapy at our local children's hospital.
I've also thought about doing agility with him, but that's not really a cert or title, I guess.
My rescue pug, Clementine, is not quite ready for any of that yet. We're still working on 'stay'!

Answer 9

Yes, I own and have owned dogs with many titles.

When I am training people to train their dogs I often schedule "graduation" somewhere where there is a CGC test taking place. I've never had a trainer/dog team fail (crosses fingers)... and its a fantastic graduation present!

Answer 10

All of my dogs get their CGC. Then go on to Draft, Water, Conformation, and Rally titles.
In a perfect world, every dog would have a CGC.....then at least you would know that the owners have some basic knowledge!!

Answer 11

AHHH I dont yet, because of circumstances that have popped up lately. I had both of my dogs ready to enter into Rally Obed. and Agility.... Then I had the wreck and have gotten Ruby, and taking care of a broken dog is killer. I plan on getting their CGCs and obed/agility titles.

Amara is sooo good at agility too, its really disappointing that we're off track. But it's ok, we'll eventually get back to it.