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I have read a few places where people talk about sessioning a dog after they reach 20. Can someone explain this to me? Is 20 not really 20 or do we get almost to 21? Why do this? Thanks in advance for answering.

The idea behind it is that like with the trait numbers they may be rounded up to what we see so a 20 May not realy be 20, it could be say a 19.7 rounded up to 20.

So, for the dogs I am actively showing, should I keep doing ALL their stats after they reach 20 and if so for how long?


oops, that was me in a different kennel. lol

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Last edited by K D And E Kennels on 12/20/2014 3:18:00 PM

In my breeds at least, training is the last to hit 20. If I'm planning to show they are on 1777 (good food) and the food linked factors - coat and muscle - continue to rise on good food once they are sessioned (and fed) to 17 or 18. I will session these to 18 then stop. They will be 20's several days before the training. The theory is that the food will look after the decimals. That's my philosophy anyway (lol).

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posted by K D And E Kennels
So, for the dogs I am actively showing, should I keep doing ALL their stats after they reach 20 and if so for how long?
Last edited by K D And E Kennels on 12/20/2014 3:18:00 PM

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A rule of thumb is to keep sessioning pass 20 half as long as it took to go from 19 to 20. It will depend on the food and the breed which stats you have to keep sessioning and for how long.

grif,

Do you think keeping a dog on 1666 while showing would bump those numbers up eventually on condition, muscle and coat? and that way I can just use 1 session per dog on obedience to top off the decimals?


Edit, seriously I really need to pay attention to which account I am in lol. This is Almost Heaven.

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Last edited by Rosa Nera on 12/21/2014 3:34:26 PM

Rosa -

I find if leave my dogs on 1777 until they hit 20 on Obedience.... this makes sure the other traits are at 20.... Once the dogs hit Obed 20.... I switch them over to Pet House For Adult Dogs.

I keep sessioning obed until they win their GCh. After that they dont get sessioned. Sometimes I have one that stops winning as nicely, when this happens I will session obed for 3-4 days just to make sure it hasnt dropped or wasnt finished.

Usually after they get GCh they will not need another session.

Will