BH is more of a temperament test than an obedience test. There's the obedience, yes. Healing, left turn, right turn, long down, group figure 8. We work on that because it's a pattern and we want it to look pretty. Not mentioned much is the traffic test: bicycles, jogger, a car honking, dog tied out and a neutral dog walked by, and the judges choice of "crowd" test. When I did my BH, the crowd was about 10 people, judge put them in a tight, shoulder to shoulder moving group with you & your dog in the middle. This tests the dogs temperament - can it handle pressure of all these strangers. No matter what kind of bad ass dog you have training bite work, this is important! Real life happens, like today at a city park 4th of July gathering, probably 30 - 50 vender booths, food, live music etc etc. several thousand people crammed into a city block size park. Shoulder to shoulder, us in the middle.
