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Ya, I completely agree; especially with a breeding of
Rott/Border Collie.  That pup has a lot of maturing to
do (regardless of how nice of a dog it may be). 
Mentally, she's young and it's not good to push a dog
into training.
I "coached" it in my reply because I've never seen the
dog, don't know the dog's talents/capabilities etc...
However, that is expecting a lot out of a 8 month old
dog to be able to do off leash work relaibly.

If it was me and I had my heart set on this with my
pup, I'd start out with very, very short rides.  And
if the pup demonstrated that she couldn't reliably be
under control, I'd just wait for her to
mentally/physically mature so more.

Jackie


> on Barbara's comments below:
>
> 1.  Amen - wait til they are at least one, start
> slow and

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass.  Life is about learning to 
dance in the rain.  Author unknown


     
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