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I wasn't expecting much from the Koss Sparkplug earbuds when I picked them up at a Radio Shack for twenty bucks. I'd broken my previous set of earbuds and needed a quick replacement. And they were the only earbuds this particular Radio Shack sold, if you can believe it. They're horrible! They're ugly, for one, with strange little ridges. The sound quality is poor. (Although what can you expect for the price?) But the worst — what takes them from unfortunate low-end item to hilariously unusable — is the unnecessary in-line mute button. I suppose a mute toggle can be handy, but not when it's a raised plastic button with such a low physical resistance that it often mutes and unmutes itself — or worse, mutes just one of the two channels — while I'm walking. Every time the mute button bounces against my clothing it activates. The only way I can reliably listen to music with this headphones while walking is to hold my MP3 player in my hand, keeping it above my waist to provide enough slack to keep the mute button away from my body. That works sometimes.
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Your set must be defective. I have a pair of those. While they are not attractive or particularly good sounding, mine take a firm push on the button to mute them. They never cut out on their own due to incidental contact with the button. The mute switch must be improperly made. RS will take them back as defective.
I use a pair of Koss Plugs (not the Sparkplug), and I'm fairly happy with them. No, they're not extreme high fidelity, but I only paid $12 or so on amazon – they look better than the Sparkplugs, sound better, and no silly mute.
"The sound quality is poor [..] what can you expect for the price?"
A pair of Creative phones? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Labs-EP-630-A-Earphones/dp/B0009G6FQI/
I stick with Sony stuff from 20 dollars and below.
Surprisingly good earbuds.
Since I got a pair bundled with an iRiver flash MP3 player, I've only bought Sennheiser earbuds. Up here, in Montréal, I was able to find nice-sounding ones for 30$ at "La Source (by Circuit City)".
I've gone through a whole bunch of earbud sets, but the only reason my last two sets of Sennheisers had to be replaced was because they'd been stolen (along with the player they were attached to.)
OMG…. I have had the exact same experience. I absolutely LOVE my old Koss Sparkplugs but I broke a pair when I stepped on them, so I went to RadioShack to buy a new pair, but these awful substitutes were there.
After buying them, I HATE THEM! They have good quality sound when they work, but the sound is constantly muted in one ear and not the other and they work as if there is a short in the cord or something because if the button touches anything then it wigs out….. so annoying!
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I paid too much for a set of Bose earbuds, but I'll never go back.
I like the idea of an easily reached mute switch, but that sounds horrible. A firm slider switch would probably be the best thing.
And yes, the KOSS Sparkplugs (as well as the regular The Plug) are horrible. Or, they are rather low-fidelity, designed to give an impression of heavy bass and appeal to techno kids and similar.
I've been using cheapish (€25-30) Cresyn phones. While I won't claim they compete with Bose or Shure phones costing three times that much, they sound great without being so expensive that you'd curl up in the fetal position for a good cry on the street if they should snag on something.
I used these headphones once. I also tried them beause they were the only choice for a "quick replacement" from Radio Shack. What a mistake. What a nightmare. The mute button was indeed terribly flaky. And the purported noise-isolation was non-existent. I think they may have actually made outside sounds louder. I modded them by covering the ring of noise holes on the outside with some hole-punch reinforcement stickers and that made them tolerable, but I replaced them with some real earphones as soon as I was able.
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Dude, a dab o' superglue will disable that mute "feature." (Whether you want to continue assailing your ears with the things then is up to you.)
I use a pair of these regularly, in fact I own two pair because I thought I had lost one. Yeah, the sound quality isn't stellar, but I can't find any other "shooter plugs" earphones. Maybe some one could link to some? Because……
OMG THE MUTE SWITCH BLOWS!!!! (whew) On both pairs I had the same problem as Mr. Johnson: wonky one channel muting. I cut and soldered as #10 suggested because I like how they seal out the sound on the bus commute so much. And yes, I know I could spend a ton of money on noise cancelling headphones but you can't wrap those around the iPod like earbuds, and well, they cost a lot.
#11: the problem isn't with the button itself, it's with the wires going in and out of the mute button. You can wiggle them around to reproduce the problem.
I never understood the mute switch anyway, that's what the pause button is for.
Oh my bad, I misread that Mr. Johnson's problem is the mute button itself, on both pairs of mine the my problem is the wire into/from the mute button. Still, I can confirm that the mute button is indeed crap.
Seems obvious that you have a faulty switch there, Joel. And from the comments above, it sounds like there's a quality control issue at the factory.
I use Philips earbuds I get at Best Buy for ~$20. The right cord is longer than the left so you can share monaural music with a friend. I am not crazy about this feature, but they do have really good sound.
If you want to shut out the world, the Shure isolating earphones are the way to go, IMO. They were originally designed for monitoring and communication at rock concerts and other high-ambient-sound venues.
Notice how the optional foam inserts resemble the earplugs you buy at the drugstore. I think there's even a place that will custom-mold inserts to exactly match your ear canal, if you want the very best isolation and bass coupling. This of course is NOT cheap.
I have the E3G phones (now discontinued). I think I paid about $150 and they were definitely worth it. They beat any noise-cancelling phones by a country mile for the really noisy environments, such as airplanes and lawn mowing, not to mention offices with gabby co-workers. Isolation is quite good, even with the standard silicone ear molds.
The sound is … well, it's Shure, meaning it's not spectacular. No members of the boom and tizzle brigade here, just neutral, accurate reproduction of whatever you feed them. Give them 128kbps mp3, and you'll know that's what you're playing; use FLAC or PCM and you'll know that too.
You'll guffaw, but the silicone tips are most easily inserted into the ear canal after applying a drop of Astroglide or K-Y jelly.
i have an older pair (sans mute) and like them quite a bit. good amazon reviews too.
The Koss Sparkplugs are just horrible on so many levels.
For a good inexpensive pair of buds I highly recommend the JVC Marshmallows. Good sound quality with decent bass but not so much that it overpowers the mid-range (I'm looking at you skullcandies with your overkill bass). Also, they're great for iphone's because you can easily trim the external soft plastic around the jack (leaving the protective internal plastic) and it fits perfecting in the recessed housing.
Same problem: I have changed them once and after a few weeks the problem appeared on my new pair. This mute button is totaly stupid…
yea i got my spark plugs from rs also and the mute button is defective
I've been an enthusiastic user of Koss and certain Sony headphones for years. The original Koss Plug has served me weel, especially when I replaced the stock foam with memory-foam earplugs of the drugstore variety.
I was excited to replace my old Plugs with the SparkPlugs. First time I put them on, I didn't hear much bass, but then decided to REVERSE the cone-shaped foam plugs and roll/squeeze them tightly before gently placing in my ear canal. Give it a few seconds to expand and fill the gaps.
The result is VERY deep bass, probably an octave deeper and less muddy/boomy than my old Plugs, and pretty good sound isloation. Could be the foam, but these sound tigher and deeper.
Too bad the design isn't good, so that the average user cannot get much of the intended sound quality out of these.
But if you've bought a pair, try the above simple mods and give them a second shot!
P.S. Try my winamp plugin to synthesize deeper bass (not perfect, but free!):
first of all, I love my spark plugs. they offer the best sound for the buck, and when used correctly the bass is way better than any on-ear headphone. plus they're the most comfortable in-ear that i've ever had.
second, why are you guys buying new pairs of sparkplugs after they break?? you know they have a lifetime warranty?? i got mine for free as part of a promotional giveaway and i was still able to take advantage of the warranty when one wire went bad.


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Your tour finishes with a fully guided visit to St Peter's Basilica, the home of the Catholic Church, where more artistic masterpieces await. See La Pieta, a stunning Michelangelo sculpture created by the artist when he was just 24, and admire Bernini's Baldachino – the ornate bronze canopy that sits above St Peter's high altar. Bid your guide farewell and take a stroll through St Peter's Square if you wish.
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Departing from a centrally-located Midtown location, you'll cruise through New York's famous uptown and downtown neighborhoods and sights including Harlem, Museum Mile, Central Park, Radio City, Times Square, Empire State Building, Greenwich Village, Lincoln Center, Grant's Tomb, United Nations, St. Patrick's Cathedral and many more. Once your tour is complete, you can discover all these sights and more on your own by pre-purchasing a 48-hour All Loops hop-on-hop-off bus ticket for a great-value tour combo deal!
With an interesting and fact-filled Spanish language commentary to guide you, this tour is the perfect choice for first-time visitors to New York City seeking an overview of The Big Apple in their native language.
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Once your tour is complete, you can discover all these sights and more on your own by pre-purchasing a 48-hour All Loops hop-on-hop-off bus ticket for a great-value tour combo deal! The narration of the All Loops Tour is in English only.
Your 48-hour All Loops Tour includes the Downtown Loop Tour and the following loops:
Uptown Loop (full loop duration without stops: approximately 2 hours)
Stops include Central Park, Fifth Avenue, Lincoln Center, American Museum of Natural History, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Grant's Tomb, Apollo Theater, Harlem Market, The Museum Mile, Guggenheim and the Metropolitan Museum.
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See from the bus: the Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Antique Furniture District, Fulton Mall, Brooklyn Museum and much more.
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View over 20 sites from Central Park, Times Square, Empire State Building to Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Little Italy. See the glittering lights of the city that never sleeps!
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Enjoy a delicious 3-course meal at the specially designed, airship-style 58 Tour Eiffel restaurant, on the 1st floor of the Eiffel Tower. The elegant restaurant is 95 meters (311 feet) above sea level and 58 meters (190 feet) above ground level, with scenic views over the Seine to the Trocadero from its large picture windows. After dinner, take a one-hour evening cruise on the Seine River and tour Paris' floodlit monuments at night.
Seine River Cruise Dinner:
Enjoy a delicious 3-course meal on board the Marina de Paris restaurant boat whilst gliding down the Seine River. During your cruise you will see the most famous sites of Paris illuminated. Don't miss Notre Dame, the Louvre, Eiffel Tower and the stunning romantic bridges of Paris! After dinner you will take a 1-hour visit to the Eiffel Tower's 2nd floor to enjoy stunning views across the whole city.
Moulin Rouge Paris
Next, head to the heart of Paris' nightlife, Montmartre, and the Moulin Rouge! You'll experience the Moulin Rouge's new "Féerie" review and the essence of Parisian cabaret. A troupe of 100 artists, including 60 legendary Doriss dancers, will entertain you dressed in exotic costumes of feathers, rhinestones and sequins. The sumptuous sets and vibrant light show of "Féerie" provide a colorful backdrop for brilliantly choreographed performances on moving staircases, in a gigantic aquarium, on swings and in garden settings.
After being collected from your Midtown Manhattan hotel, you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Upstate New York (approximately one hour). On arrival, you will be met by your guide for the day to board the bus to Niagara Falls.
After lunch, it's time to board a Niagara Falls boat cruise for an up-close Niagara Falls experience. The 30-minute cruise takes you through the foaming waters to the base of the American Falls and the basin of Horseshoe Falls. You will get close enough to the falls to feel their cool mist on your skin.
The Niagara Falls boat cruises operate only in the warmer months, typically from May to October, so if you are traveling from November to April you may visit the Journey Behind the Falls instead. An elevator takes you behind the great sheet of Niagara Falls for a thunderous up-close view of Niagara Falls. Please note that Niagara Falls boat cruises may cease to operate earlier than October 31 depending on weather.
Due to the extreme popularity of this tour, a minimum 5-day advance booking is required.
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Start your tour near Oppian Hill – one of the famous Seven Hills of Rome -- to enjoy panoramic views of the Colosseum, and then stroll down to it with your guide. As Rome's premier crowd-drawing site, the Colosseum regularly attracts long entrance lines. Skip them with your priority-access ticket and head straight inside for your small-group tour.
As you walk around the Colosseum's first and second tiers, your guide will keep you entertained with tales of gladiators, mock sea-battles and executions -- a fascinating insight into the amphitheater's gruesome past. Wander its circumference and learn what it must have been like when the crowds were roaring and the gladiator's fate was decided by an emperor on a whim.
After exploring the Colosseum, head outside and walk the short distance to the Roman Forum for an up-close look at some of Ancient Rome's most evocative ruins. See sites like the Temple of Julius Caesar and the intriguing House of the Vestal Virgins, before strolling up Palatine Hill to admire the views of the ruins below. Look down over Nero's Circus Maximus, where chariot races were once held, and then finish your tour on the Palatine Hill – the most famous of the Seven Hills of Rome.
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Walk around the reconstructed arena floor, where the gladiators once fought, and peer down in to the underground chambers below. Then, head below ground to explore them yourself, seeing the pits where lions and tigers were once caged. Your Colosseum experience finishes with a stroll around the third tier where you can enjoy panoramic views into the Colosseum as well as out onto Palatine Hill. Your tour finishes with a visit to the Roman Forum as per the standard tour option.
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Enjoy an excellent meal in the resplendent Parisian cabaret made famous by the paintings of Toulouse Lautrec. You have a choice from three different menus and a half bottle of Champagne is included.
After dinner, see the French Cancan performed in the Parisian home of the Cancan. You'll experience the magic of the Moulin Rouge's "Féerie" review and enjoy the essence of Parisian cabaret.
The Moulin Rouge's "Féerie" review features a troupe of 100 artists, including 60 legendary Doriss Girls, dressed in spectacular costumes of feathers, rhinestones and sequins. The sumptuous sets and vibrant light show of "Féerie" provide a colorful backdrop for brilliantly choreographed performances on moving staircases, in a gigantic aquarium, on swings and in garden settings.
Book now! Moulin Rouge regularly sells out weeks in advance, so book in advance to avoid disappointment.
Get in the holiday spirit with a ticket to the spectacular Radio City Christmas Spectacular at New York City's Radio City Music Hall! Audiences of all ages will delight in this multifaceted spectacular, which includes Santa flying high above the crowd! Watch as your childhood dreams come true in the Nutcracker, and experience the true meaning of Christmas as it is brought to life in the awe-inspiring Living Nativity -- the beautiful story of the first Christmas.
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is an enduring Christmas tradition that has dazzled and inspired audiences for more than 75 years and continues to create memories that last a lifetime. Choose a matinee or evening show and come see why this razzle-dazzle show brings families back to this legendary show palace year after year!
As you cruise along the New York Harbor and watch the sparkling lights of Manhattan skyline pass you by, enjoy a full open bar and a wide selection of deliciously prepared hors d'oeuvres. Your on-board DJ will supply you with non-stop tunes to keep your New Year's Eve party rolling.
As the clock strikes twelve, you'll receive a complimentary champagne toast as the dark night sky lights up with an array of colorful fireworks. With an open bar, delectable hors d'oeuvres, live DJ spinning great party tunes and breathtaking views of New York this will be a New Year's Eve celebration you will not forget. Before this 3-hour New Year's Eve cruise docks (at 1am), you'll also receive party favors as a souvenir to a memorable night out in New York City.


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Welcome to Cornish, New Hampshire
Our site is organized so residents can quickly find information about local government Boards and Departments or Local Organizations using the tabs on this page. A Town Directory is on the right hand side with contact information. Also, on the right is a list of pages. Clicking on a page will bring you directly to the page that interests you.
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Many thanks to all who helped green up Cornish this April. Olivia, Madelyn, and their pony Rosie went the extra mile on Center Road!
Cornish News & Announcements
6.16.2015 The Office of the Selectmen will be closed June 22-26, and the Selectboard will not meet that week. The Town Clerk and Tax Collector offices will maintain their usual hours.
6.9.2015 Pictures of the Town Memorial Day Service have been posted to the Cornish Historical Society Facebook Page.
5.28.2015 Property Tax Bills have been mailed and are due July 1, 2015. Please visit the Tax Collector page for hours and more information.
5.22.2015 The Town of Cornish Memorial Day Service will be held on Saturday, May 30, at 10 am on the Meeting House Lawn in Cornish Flat.
5.4.2015 Town Forest trails are ready for walking! To read the full announcement please click on the link.
4.27.2015 Dog Licenses are due April 30. Licenses may be purchased from the Town Clerk. Fees may be mailed to the Town Clerk with a self addressed, stamped ($0.70 postage) envelope included.
neutered/spayed: $6.50
unaltered: $9.00
puppy: $6.50
senior (owner over 65): $2.00
Dogs must have a valid rabies certificate in order to be licensed.
2.27.2015 The 248th Cornish Town Report is available at the Town Office, Cornish Elementary School, and the 12% Solution.
2.9.2015 Town Meeting Day: Tuesday, March 10, 2015, Cornish Elementary School Gym.
Ballot voting begins at 10:00 am and ends at 7:00 pm. Business portion begins at 12:00 noon.
2.9.15 Town of Cornish 2015 Budget Public Hearing will be held Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at 7pm in the Cornish Town Office.
1.1.2015 Cornish Zoning Ordinance Amendment The Cornish Planning Board will hold a public hearing under RSA 675:3 on January 15, 2015, at 7pm in the Cornish Town Office on a proposed amendment to the Cornish Zoning Ordinance to adopt a digitized copy of the current 1992 Cornish zoning district map. The new map was reproduced using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. The boundaries of all zoning districts remain as shown on the 1992 map. Click here for the full text of the amendment. A full scale copy of the new map and the full text of the amendment are available in the conference room at the Cornish Town Office, 488 Town House Road.


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A 20-year-long US immunization program will prevent more than 700,000 deaths and 300 million illnesses in coming years, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Vaccines for Children program (VFC), which provides vaccines to kids whose families cannot afford them, was launched in 1994 in response to a spike in deadly measles cases in the United States. Now, 20 years later, officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that the program will save some 732,000 participants, as well as prevent more than 21 million hospitalizations and 322 million illnesses.


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I came here on a Sunday afternoon for cheap eating about 1/2 mile walk from my hotel, Hotel Luisiana. For about $5-$8 you get a decent amount of food. I took my food to go, which I think makes a difference in Costa Rica. I feel that the food suddenly becomes bland/tasteless once you order "to go" (aka "para llevar"). Consider putting spices/sauce on the side before leaving the restaurants, whether you need it or not.
The servers appeared busy (although it was not crowded), so my "to-go" experience lasted about 40 min from start to end. In CR they don't provide plastic utensils/napkins like they do in the US so be prepared.
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- Carbuncles - Urban realm's decision to present Aberdeen with a carbuncle award this year followed a series of street protests organised by campaigners frustrated with a planning system which delivers schemes such as Marischal square and Glasgow's Buchanan Galleries extension. It sparked wider debate as to how fit for purpose the profession now is and calls for further reform to give people the voice they increasingly demand.
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- Tower Blocks - As tower blocks take their bow from city skylines with increasing rapidity some fret that we may lose touch with an important period in our history. Here Miles Glendinning talks about the launch of a new ECA archive documenting such structures.
- Sauchiehall Street - The rapidly evolving make-up of Glasgow City Centre is prompting a reappraisal of some of its best known areas but does this represent a step forward or backward? Amidst the spread of pound shops and a giant extension of Buchanan Galleries Sauchiehall street has never looked more precarious. With that in mind Urban Realm pounded the streets with the design team appointed to arrest its decline.
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Rulers, Nomads, and Christians in Roman North Africa (Collected Studies)
A collection of 10 essays on three areas of North Africa in the Roman Empire. They examine the history of political institutions, followed by details of interaction between sedentry communities in the African provinces. It concludes with two studies on African Christianity. The essays are grouped under three general headings that reflect different aspects of the same problem: the mutation of African political and administrative institutions; the interaction between nomads and sedentarists in the process of the extension of Roman rule over the semi-arid and arid lands of the Maghrib; and the complex dynamic of cultural changes and continuities in the power conflicts that marked the Christianization of North Africa.
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Training Defense Before Prey Is Foolish and Stupid!
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One of the hardest things for new trainers to understand is the sequence of training in bite work. The other day I saw 2 comments on the pd-L (a protection dog chat forum on the Internet) that caught my attention.
One individual stated that he took his young dog out to a club and was told to bring it back when it was more mature so that the training could be started in defense. Then I saw a coroberating statement that a well-known German trainer in this country (Godfrie Dildhie - he makes training videos - not very good ones at that - I chose not to do them with him) likes to start the training in defense so that the first session in bite work is a serious confrontation. One of his videos explains how to do this by putting a fence between the helper and dog so the dog does not feel so threatened. I have one word for this STUPID!! STUPID!! STUPID !! Ok three words.
My immediate reaction was to e-mail this individual and tell him to steer clear of that club. My guess is that the people that train there have very sharp dogs with weak mouthy chewy grips and nerves that have been worn thin. These people probably table train too (also STUPID!! STUPID!! STUPID!!)
To make my point we need to examine the end product that we all want in a protection dog. This is an animal with good temperament, strong nerves, and a solid grip. One that will protect our family, but is not dangerous to be around. This picture does not come from starting your training in defense.
To wait for a young dog to mature so it can start training in defense before prey can be compared to taking a child out to teach him how to ride a bicycle. It's like we would expect him to ride on two wheels first and then once he has that mastered that skill we put the training wheel on. That would be a little crazy. But that is exactly what these people are saying when they tell you to work your dog in defense before working him in prey.
Young dogs need to learn the skills of biting before they can put them to use. These skills are learned in prey training. In addition to biting skills, the dog needs to learn to feel confident and comfortable in his protection work. This confidence is first developed in prey training.
The first stages of defense are inherently uncomfortable for any dog. The first stages of defense are a scary place for a young dog to work. If a dog with weak nerves is exposed to this defense work without having learned any skills to defend himself, he is going to go into avoidance.
This is exactly how many inexperienced trainers ruin dogs. They take a maturing dog out and immediately work the dog in defense. After all, it's quick and easy. They threaten the dog, it gets its hair up a little, it barks aggressively and voila - the dog is doing instant protection work -- WRONG! Unless you are one of the lucky people to have a dog that has very strong nerves, this dog that has just been worked for the first time in defense is stressed to the max.
What needs to happen with young dogs is to have an evaluation of the dogs nerves and drives. When we study temperaments, we see a number of different types of dogs:
- Dogs with good nerves and strong prey drive
- Dogs with weak nerves and strong prey drive
- Dogs with a high threshold for prey and a low threshold for defense
- Dogs with a high threshold for prey and a high threshold
for defense
Each one of these categories needs to be trained differently. The basic threat of training that runs through each category is that they all need to have a foundation in prey.
A dog with good nerves and good prey drive needs to be moved into defensive training at an earlier age than a defensive dog. We run the risk of creating a problem with these strong nerved dogs by allowing them to become so comfortable working in prey that they have to physically hurt to flip them into defense. Where as if that same dog had been taken into strange environments (once its prey had been set) when it was a little younger and worked in light defense, this problem would not have developed.
The point here is that there is no type of dog that needs to be started in defense.
There are a group of people on PD-L who have herding dogs (Border Collies, Great Peryanese) that have recently claimed that because their dogs are so aggressive towards predators, they must have defense. After all if a dog will protect the flock and kill a coyote, how can that dog not have defense.
Well, to be totally truthful these animals do not have defense (not the defense we are talking about in protection training). These dogs kill predators in prey drive. To them the predator is prey, just like to the predator the sheep are prey. There is no difference. This is why these dogs (BC, Pryanese and others like them) will not do a defensive bark and hold in front of a helper. They lack defense.
Many people get very confused over this issue. They interpret a reaction of a dog to a certain thing that a helper does as defense. When in fact it is not defense, it is an accelerated form of prey. The use of a whip in training can often be seen as an example, the helper cracks the whip and this raises the intensity of drive. After awhile the whip itself becomes the stimulation to raise prey drive in the dog. To make the point, I have shown people how you can toss the whip to the side and the dog will leave the helper and move to the whip and either bark at it or try and get it. If the whip is used incorrectly in training, it becomes a prey item.
The point to this section is that to the uneducated person (or under educated trainer) it can be difficult to distinguish the difference between prey and defense, especially when the intensity of the prey work is elevated. We also have to remember that there is also an overlapping of drives that occurs. Prey guarding is an example. When a dog is standing over the top of the sleeve that had been slipped by the helper and guarding it from the helper who is trying to steal it back - the dog is working in both drives - with the primary drive being prey. Again, a difficult concept for a novice to fully understand.
Now, on the other end of the spectrum, we have these trainers that train their dogs in prey for so long that the dogs become locked in prey. This is also foolish. Dogs that become locked in prey always have sound temperament and good nerves. These dogs are so driven for their prey item that they are willing to tolerate strong doses of pressure or pain just to get their prey. They develop the attitude that "I can take anything you (the helper) can dish out as long as I get to bite my prey item in the end."
I saw a response to the defense statement on the PD-L by a national select French ring helper. He made the statement that the French ring trainers start to train in play (prey drive) from a very early age. His dog was 14 months old and working at the second level of Ring.
The French Ring, (see my tapes on the French ring titled Training Techniques for the French Ring Sport), is an interesting sport. At one point the dogs are sent after the helper from a long distance away, the handler is required to call the dog off of the attack (and back to him) when the dog is within 1 meter of the decoy. In the biting portion of the French Ring, the dogs are hit with a split bamboo stick (called a clatter stick) 80 to 100 times within a minute. These hits are not painful, they are noisy. They are designed to be psychologically threatening to the dog.
People that train their dogs for the French Ring Sport are a group of people who want (and need) to get their dogs locked in prey. For this sport being locked in prey is a desirable situation and there is nothing wrong with it.
Dogs cannot work the French Ring in defense. If a dog was working is strong defense he would never be able to be called off of a down field attack at 1 meter from the helper, and 99% of the strong defensive dogs would never come off of a fight in which it was being hit 80 times a minute with a stick.
So, again the point is that the steps of training need to be based on the temperament of your dog and the goals you want to achieve with the dog.
- If you want a guard dog to be in a fenced enclosure, you wait until the dog is mature and only do defensive training with the dog. But don't let this dog around the general public. It is not a safe animal to be around.
If you want a Schutzhund dog, you tailor a program in prey and defense based on the temperament and drives of each dog. With the goal being to produce a dog with sound temperament who works just like the other dogs in the sport. This training is started in prey with defense being added when the temperament of the dog requires it.
If you want a service dog (police etc.) you approach the initial training in the same way you start a sport dog (in prey). The difference is that a service dog is worked at a much higher level of fight drive when he reaches maturity.
My definition of fight drive is "a dog that is working with the forwardness of prey and the intensity of defense." Dogs working in fight drive look at the helper as a fighting partner. They are trained to achieve the mental attitude that they will beat the helper (or the suspect) no matter what the circumstance. See my video on "Training Fight Drive and Bark and Hold to Police Dogs."
They develop the mental attitude that they will over power every helper (or every suspect) in every environment and under every circumstance. Service dogs need to be trained to a level where it does not matter if the helper has a sleeve on, or a body suit on or if he the dog has a muzzle on or if the suspect has no protective sleeve on. The dog looks at each of these circumstances in the same way. His goal in each case is to dominate the suspect or helper.
This is a mental attitude. It's not a trained skill. Some people think that training a service dog to bite a man without protective equipment on is a learned skill that is simply developed by using a muzzle or a hidden sleeve. They are wrong.
You don't get a dog to this level of training without setting a good foundation in prey. Trainers that say that they need to start a young dog in defense so the dog looks at protection training seriously do not understand fight drive training. The bottom line is that the place to start protection training is where I show you in my tape The First Steps of BiteTraining.


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Shavonne inquired:
Can you please tell me where Boo Boo Kitty's red jumpsuit from the season finale is from?
Why certainly, Shavonne! Anika Calhoun (Grace Gealey) rumbled with Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson) in a $164.99 BCBGMAXAZRIA Rossana Cutout Back Jumpsuit in Red Berry.
So "Sins of the Father" has not debuted yet here in Washington state, but I can tell you what Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson) wore in this promising scene with Malcolm (Derek Luke)! Cookie wore a figure-hugging, $1,651 Givenchy Mosaic Print Sheath Dress accentuated with an Alexis Bittar Snake Necklace to conduct official Empire business.
Cookie's multicolour, digital print, sequin printed, cotton jersey dress features a banded crew neck, long sleeves, a fitted sheath silhouette, a hem that hits past the knees and a hidden back zip. It's mostly sold out (which goes for most of Cookie's lustworthy wares) but FarFetch has it on sale for $1,085.
In this sneak peek from "Sins of the Father," Angie (Mary J. Blige) posed in a $598 (on final sale for $298) Alexis Strapless Fringe Jumper from IntermixOnline.
Step into glamorous territory with a strapless fringe jumper. Internal structural boning at upper bodice. Zipper closure at back. In white.
Get a very similar look with SwankBlue's $42 Long Hail the Queen Necklace:
See Angie's Alexis Strapless Fringe Jumper in action below:
If I just had the disposable income, I would invest in this silver satin-trimmed, grey wool trenchcoat Anika Calhoun (Grace Gealey) wore in this scene with Hakeem Lyon (Bryshere Gray).
It's a $630 Karen Millen Glam Trench Coat from their Classic Investment collection, and it's currently available at Bloomingdale's for $425. It's constructed out of a wool/polyamide/cashmere blend and has tonal contrast insets, two front storm flaps, and a detachable self-tie belt.
Do you like? When I can find cheaper alternatives, I'll update this post!
I have been waiting patiently (as I am sure most of you have as well) for Wednesday because I couldn't wait to share what Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson) wore in episode 9 "Unto the Breach." I had an inkling Cookie dipped into her treasure chest for more Roberto Cavalli jewels (since she wore jewelry from the brand in last week's episode), and I was right! She chose a $2005 Roberto Cavalli Brass and Plexiglass Monkey Necklace (!) with the matching $1285 Brass and Plexiglass Monkey Cuff Bracelet.
Happy Wednesday vixens! This structured white bodycon dress Anika Calhoun (Grace Gealey) wore to Empire's white party in "The Lyon's Roar" looked oddly familiar, so I logged onto ShopBop and peruse their sale selection. In the past, I have been fortunate to find a few of Anika's wares on the site – whether in stock, on sale or even on clearance.


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