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Post by Rob on Sept 7, 2015 18:49:38 GMT 10
Hi Tom,
I have a male and female which iv`e reared and they have never been a part, they are very close, I think im going to have an anxiety problem when I take one to the races and leave one home, can you help?
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Post by Tom Meulman on Sept 7, 2015 19:30:46 GMT 10
Hi Rob,
There is no doubt about it, there is a fair possibility that the one left at home is likely to fret and could even spend time doing a bit of howling.
They only thing you can do is to start separating them by placing one in the car or trailer for half an hour for a starters, and going to see and ensure each one every 10 minutes that you haven't forgotten about them.
Then swap them over, and repeat the whole procedure.
Next day again same thing, only try and park the car a little bit further away and only go and check on them once during this separation procedure.
Repeat again only increase the time to one hour instead of 30 minutes.
If they both get through this without too many dramas after four sessions like that you should be able to get away with taking one racing and leaving the other one at home.
Cheers, Tom
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Post by Rob on Sept 7, 2015 21:36:33 GMT 10
Thanks Tom ill try that.
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Post by Rob on Oct 21, 2015 13:18:08 GMT 10
Do you think it`s a good idea to trail them together in a 4 dog trial? Because iv`e been told not to trial them together.
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Post by Tom Meulman on Oct 22, 2015 17:23:58 GMT 10
Hi Rob,
I am in agreement that it's not a good idea to trial kennel mates together, and it becomes even more risky when they are litter mates as well. The reason being that kennel mates, and particularly litter mates, may just decide to play together instead of chasing the lure as hard as possible.
Keep in mind that if a greyhound does something wrong in a trial or race such as playing with another dog, you have to organise a way of ensuring that they do it right five times in a row to have any real chance that whatever they did wrong is out of their head. If they do something wrong twice in a row you then need to ensure they do it right ten times in a row before you can be sure what is now a bad habit is eradicated.
So it's always best not to create that chance in the first place.
Cheers, Tom
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