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Originally Posted by Accumulator DFTowel- Congrats on the CGC  Getting a rescue certified is a great accomplishment. Interesting that the pass rate was only 20% but I suppose it depends on the group being tested. |
The low rate is very unusual, normally it's quite high but i think that at this event there were many people who just showed up with their dogs for the Dog Day event and thought their dogs could pass what looked like a simple series of tests. One of the tests requires the dog to sit quietly with a perfect stranger while the owner walks away and remains out of sight for a minute or two. This is totally against a dog's survival instincts not to be left behind when the pack leader leaves. I think this is where most of the undisciplined dogs failed.
Actually for a second I thought Artemis would fail because when she was given the "down" command she hesitated and didn't want to lie down. The ground was very cold and wet and I'm sure it didn't feel good on her little pink belly! She did it though but very grudgingly.
At the end of the month comes the therapy test. That one is tough, they do things like throw crutches to the ground near the dog and present all sorts of obstacles and distractions and the dog had better not budge or it fails.
By the way, if anyone is interested in what therapy dogs are all about see the TDI website
www.tdi-dog.org