*An active command is one in which the dog is doing something, moving into some exercise. In basic obedience, stand and stay are inactive commands.
**See Raising Your Dog with the Monks of New Skete. Heeling is covered in depth in tape three, Obedience.
*See The Art of Raising a Puppy, p. 177.
*The information on drives in this section is highly indebted to the insights of Jack and Wendy Volhard, who have written at length about them in several of their books, most recently The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Well-Trained Dog.
*The Art of Raising a Puppy, pp. 62–70.
*For information on the Schutzhund movement in the United States, contact United Schutzhund Clubs of America, 3810 Paule Ave., St. Louis, MO 63125-1718.
*See the Select Reading List.
*Kenneth Clark, "Animals and Men: Love, Admiration, and Outright War," Smithsonian (September 1977), p. 57.
*Taken from www.akc.org, the website of the American Kennel Club.
*Taken from www.germanshepherddog.com, a website with loads of information about Schutzhund and other working degrees.
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