THE STORY OF DREAM
THE WONDER POODLE
The story of DREAM started many years ago in the
middle 1960's. It was during the Viet Nam War when
a young soldier on guard duty in South Viet Nam got
a chance to watch a Dog Handler working a US ARMY
COMBAT SCOUTDOG on his Obedience Routine. This young
Security Guard was greatly impressed by the dog's
performance! He thought to himself..."My God!, Rin
Tin Tin is for REAL".
The young Soldier was so inspired by this dog's
performance, that he decided he wanted to make
Training and Working With DOG'S his lifes work. And
he has! The Soldier's name was Bill Landesman,
and upon returning to the United States he became
a Professional Dog Trainer and a World Famous Author
of Dog Training Books!
But it is his dog that we want to talk about here.
Bill needed a special dog. A super dog if you will.
A dog trained to a very high level of off leash
obedience. An Attack trained dog, but a dog that
looked cute, friendly and loving. A dog that people
and especially children would NOT be afraid of
even though they knew he was an attack trained dog!
Bill chose a "Standard Poodle" as the breed
for his Super Dog. He had a lot of time in Viet
Nam to think and dream about what his dog would
someday be like. When Bill was ready to make his
Dream come true, he purchased a Standard Poodle
male puppy from a private breeder in upstate
New York. The puppy came from the famous line
of Standard Poodles known as Bel-Tor. And this
puppy's father or Sire was Noon Day Sun, the
Champion Show Dog.
The puppy grew up with Bill's daughter. From her
he learned love and kindness and was never teased or
played rough with!
The puppy grew up loving all children and everyone!
He had a perfect, confident personality. And then
came the time for his training.
First came basic on leash training. Dream took to it
very well. He had a fierce desire to please Bill, and
learned his lessons in record time!
Then off leash training followed. Dream again excelled
and enjoyed doing the difficult work.
Dream's training ground was the Streets. He worked in
real traffic, super distractions, crowds of people
at shopping centers.
When Bill thought he was ready he took the "Dream"
puppy to an AKC Obedience Competition Dog Show. At
one of these early Match Shows Dream won the title
"Highest Scoring Dog In Obedience". Dream had the
highest score of any dog at that show, in any class!
Bill knew he had a real winning combination here.
Then followed the Guard Training. Dream was a reluctant
Attack Dog. He loved people, to fight and bite people
was very difficult for him. But finally, with very
skilled Agitators, Dream became a good attack dog.
And he had the distinction of being one of the few
Attack Trained Poodles in the Country, and possibly
the World!
Dream was now ready for TV and Radio appearances, and
all kinds of demonstrations.
Today DREAM Jr. carries on the work of his
predecessor, and is the ICON of Bill's Dog Training
School, The Happy Tails Dog Training Academy!
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Academy of Happy Tails is a dog training school in
New York, that trains dogs and dog owners in their
own homes. This problem solving website is provided
as a public service to help dog owners solve basic
canine problems by themselves.
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