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I wish i could figure out where this was filmed.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v...XLLA&vq=medium
I wish i could figure out where this was filmed.
Those dogs are amazingly well trained. That was really interesting.
Oh are those dogs well trained! Watch them watch him.
I am from a part of the country where people run sled dogs, like in Alaska they are primarily small huskies bred to run and run some more and take the cold. I believe the video is of Heini Winter, who I think is German. He is a world class musher and runs Eurohounds (mixed breeds of all sorts of dogs).
There is a guy who has done the Iditarod with standard poodles.... (I understand he's given that up now though because no one would take him seriously enough)
Whoever that guy is, he is definitely alpha!
And I thought my dog was smart as he would immediately get behind me when I gave him the command "biker back" and stay there until I released him (miss my hiking buddy) he wasn't all that great with the bike though, think it was because he got jumped by two black labs on the trail when we were riding and after that was never too excited about running with the bike
I'm familiar with the concept of dogs herding sheep and cows, in fact, my dog has some of those bloodlines. But the dogs being the "herd-ees" now that's cute, funny, clever, interesting etc. Made me giggle!:D
At the beginning of the video when they were heading out, I noticed the parked cars had European plates on the front. Then when they crossed a street the cars were driving on the right-hand side, and there was a 30 kph speed limit sign. And it sounded like he was speaking German. My money would be on that being from Germany.
That was so cool! He was speaking German. I was amazed by how he could just point and make them get over.
The part where they all spread out in a field was funny :) They were doing what came natural, but it didn't take them long to get back in position!Quote:
Originally Posted by beccaB
Yep the dogs know where their next meal comes from. Great pack leading and training. The leader did not look prepared to pick up any poop. But that is being picky and not the point of the video.
Looked like a happy pack.
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He would have had a lot of poop if he did! Maybe other countries arent so fussy about that? here you'd get a misdemeanor criminal charge! I'm absolutely serious.
Nice! Props to him for being a great pack leader who obviously loves his dogs. Notice the contrast between his well-behaved pack and the one lady's dog who doesn't seem to listen to her...you'd think a person would be able to get ONE dog to behave!
Yikes...that seems a bit overboard. Here you'd get a fine, if you got caught. I agree that poop needs to be picked up, that's just common courtesy, but criminal charges??Quote:
Originally Posted by beccaB
Wow, that's really impressive! What a pack of dogs.
I can point with my dog and as long as we're moving at a decent pace and my intentions are well understood, she'll stick with me. I can tell her "single file" and she'll go behind me, and use "hey" if she's getting sidetracked. But I'm not sure I'm brave enough to do all of that on a bicycle, with 10 dogs, off leash!!
Imagine being one of the approaching cyclists... :eek: