What Equipment for Training "hobby"
 

hi all just starting to train my own, were to buy right price etc and what are must haves? eg: walking machine,ultrasonic and anything else you find helpful thanks for your replys.

must have a lead colar and muzzel hmm well thats all i can think of at the moment im new too lol
ooh and somewhere to run the dogs back and forth and something red and white and fluffy for them to be teased with is handy i guess

Dogs are colour blind!

any major equip you buy is to make it easier for you not better for the dog

Dogs are not color blind - they see color, but their chromatic acuity is significantly less than humans'. This is for two reasons: (1) dogs have far fewer cone cells in their retina (cone cells are responsible for seeing color); and (2) dogs are dichromatic (they see only two primary colors - blue and yellow) whereas humans are trichromatic, meaning we see three primary colors - red, blue, and yellow.

Humans have 7 times higher proportion of cone cells than dogs, meaning that when dogs do see colors, they are pale or faded. However dogs have a much higher concentration of rod cells, responsible for seeing black-and-white, and also much more sensitive in lower light conditions. For that reason, dogs have much better night vision than people.

Lol maybe u should also look up the meaning of colour blind whilst u are at it, then u were see my statement was exactly spot on, half of what u have copy and pasted also proves that

U will need rugs kennel mats, u can actually buy teasers of eBay, we have a few they are great, but it also depends on if u are getting a small pup or a dog that has been broken in :)

Dogs don't care what colour the bunny is, they'll still grab it.

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First thing you need to buy is a lead/collar, don't buy the muzzle until you get the dog as you don't know what size muzzle the dog will need. (otherwise, buy all sizes if you want).
Toenail clippers a must (I see so many trainers who forget that the feet are the IMPORTANT part of the dog), grooming brush also handy (soft bristled brush for the short haired dogs). Stock the shelf with first aid things such as pump spray debrisol/cetrigen, Healagen cream, peroxide, metho, tea tree oil, etc etc.

If you have a race dog you will also need to have liniments (rapidgel, penetrene etc whatever suits you to use) if you can't afford an ultrasonic machine or lazer.
Put some money aside for muscle men to check the dog each week or after each run. People think it's easy to check the dogs themselves and proclaim themselves to be an expert but actually they can only do the basic checking properly if that.
Some have the 'knack' of knowing where the dog is sore though, just by keen observation and careful attention to the dog's overall attitude/gait/muscle tone.

Oh and you will need a feed bowl, water bowl. A teaser is the last thing you really need for the racedog as it's unimportant unless you have a young puppy you want to start out teaching it to 'chase'.
Too much teasing with the teaser toy actually can be counter productive for the racedog.

Um that's about all I can think of that you need lol there's heaps more though, will let you know as it comes to mind :D

Oh and Kyleigh is right, most important also, is to get a comfortable kennel bed for the dog :D a puppy will just rip up the foam bed so don't give the pup any beds, it will be happy with just clean straw, shavings, old blankets or shredded newspaper.

I use old blankets for my young puppies and when they're older they love the straw to snuggle into.