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>Francis and Sam did the Mondio I routine with Gubby, >then Clutch in rapid succession. Clutch has less >control than Gubby because he has less training, >perhaps for this reason he comes in faster for the >bite and hits slightly harder. Clutch would do well in >a hardest hitting competition, he really bangs. >Gubby's guard of object is a lot more polished than >Clutch's. In fact some experienced Ring people were >saying that Gubby's guard of object is better than >some of the best Ring dogs in the country. Still, >Clutch did well in this exercise. > >Gubby is fast in all the routines. He bites hard and >is a very physical dog. In the retrieve he picked up a >rubber lobster toy, very swift and sure. He clamped >down on it and let up a few times, not so much chewing >as bearing down. I assume a Ring judge would take >points off for anything other than a calm grip >however. Gubby doesn't clamp down like that unless the >object is soft. Clutch retrieved a weird pom-pom thing >with streamers. He tore chunks of it off as he picked >it up. They had him retrieve something more solid and >he was fine. I can see that Bulldogs may have problems >with fragile retrieve objects. > >Going over the pallisade saw Clutch trying to smash >through it. I have had this problem with the hurtle. >The Bulldogs like to smash through jumps. Fran is >right about special training techniques for Mondio >Bulldogs.

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