first look - when there was something to do he turned into a maniac and showed an extreme passion. He is very pleasant dog to work with - he is eager for co-operation, highly motivated, learns very fast and is easy to handle.

I have trained many things with Rudi right from the puppyhood - well, the word train is maybe too harsh - I think that he didn't notice at all that I was training him:-). He just played. My main goal was to build a good relationship with him, which could later guarantee me to have a dog with quality motivation and good working condition. I teached him all the basics I will later need for agility, protection work, obedience and SAR work as well - although he never did any ''proper'' training at all. I don't believe that it is good to intensively work with young pups until they are fully grown and developed. Too early protection trainings can damage dog's spine, pushing a pup to jump at agility too soon can help in developing damages to the joints.... There are so many examples that everything being trained too early or too often can damage someones body, just look at what all the professional sportsmen go through...

As a baby Rudi was rather scared of strange dogs. But after few months he started to change for the better and accept other dogs, and now he is acting totally normal around them:-).