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Originally Posted by Seijun
Cool, so the Czech wolfdog is kind of like the "all-purpose dog." I'd love to have one someday.
~Seij
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My husband is a geologist and sometimes takes the dog when doing fieldwork reserch Without any special training Tina has always been very helpful when exploring new sites, old quarries, caves, etc.: skillfully discovers access to remote outcrops, finds shortcuts, tests how solid the path or the edge of the precipice is, warns against dangers, etc. etc. - she's a sort of a "natural guide". Her training has been rather instinctive - just through acompanying teams of geologists for years she taught herself how to be useful. The older she gets, the better she understands her role and my husband now easliy recognises different kinds of signals she utters... What's more, she loves her 'job', protecting her pack, being useful and is very proud when praised for "real achievements"
However, in artificial setting she tends to ignore the tasks and either just sits and obsereves, or plays and 'laughs' like Margo described
). Once we took her for agility track and she couldn't have been more explicit in showing her contempt and indifference
But under the true field conditions she just thrives !!