ALMOST TIME FOR SIR RICHARD TO TAKE OFF FROM PRAGUE TPA # 1305 TO BE TRANSFERED TO TPA #217 IN LISBON
TO ARRIVE IN BOSTON 13.20 TOMORROW.
WE MUST LOAD UP WITH MORE CALENDARS, POKERCHIPS AND SOME CHEW TOYS.
THESE 2--- PENNY AND PAULA ARE FITTING IN FINE... THEY ARE THRILLED WITH THEIR Barker bed existence... as chaos, bentley and sizzle shuffle around to find an open slot.
i don't know HOW barbaRA ( IN GERMANY) EXPLAINS TO THESE DOGS THT THEY SHOULD SCOOT IN FRONT OF YOU AND PLUNK THEIR FANNIES ON THE GROUND QUICKLY... BUT THESE 2 DO THE SAME AS MAYHEM... NOTHING BAD ABOUT IT, I AM JUST CURIOUS HOW SHE ENCOURAGES THAT PERFORMANCE..
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\WE HAVE A GREAT PHOTO OF BELLA AND GEORGE-- BELLA IN A KAYAK, AND GEORGE STANDINGT CHEST DEEO IN WATER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW HE SHOULD HELP HER ..IT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF "OUR EDUCATED DOG"
" OUR METHODS RELY MORE ON BONDING THAN "NORMAL" OBEDIENCE-- WHICH CAN TEND TO BE DOMINATING.. WE DON'T EVER GO THRU THE "HEEL SIT DOWN STAY COME " ROUTINE.. OH THERE ARE A COUPLE... WHOA AND WAIT ARE ABOUT IT.-- IF I STAND NEXT TO A CAR DOOR AND TELL THE BENT OR SIZZ TO WAIT, THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET IN THE CAR-- NOW HERE IS THE AMAZING PART-- IF THERE IS JUST ONE DOG, I OPEN THEIR DOOR AND THE DOG JUMPS IN WITHOUT MY SAYING ANYTHING. IF THERE ARE 2 DOGS-- SO HELP ME THEY WAIT TIL I TELL THEM WHICH ONE GOES FIRST-- IT WAS NEVER MOR EVIDENT THAN THE DAY I WAS YELLING "SIZZLE GET IN THE CAR-- SIZZLE WILL YOU PLEASE GET IN THE CAR.... DANM IT SIZZLE" --- THEN
MEGAN CAME ALONG AND SAID "SIZ IS IN THE CAR... THAT IS IS CHAOS" SO I SAID "CHAOS IN" AND SHE JUMPED...
WITH CONSISTENCY-- MEGAN AND STEVE TAKING THEM OUT "TRAINING" WITHOUT ALOT OF WORDS, THEY LEARN TO WORK IN THE PROGRAM,,, I THINK THE MOST I HAVE HEARD IS "HEY GET OVER HERE" IF THEY RUN OUT OF THE BARN AND NOT DIRECTLY TO THE CAR.- THE OTHER DOOR WHICH THEY ARE TRAINED TO DEAL WITH IS THEIR KENNEL DOOR-- WHERE WHEN IT IS OPEN FOR THEM, THEY ARE TO RUN IN AND TURN AROUND FOR A TREAT-- WHICH THE HANDLERS MUST ALWAYS HAVE.... BECAUSE-- WHAT THE DOGS ARE REALLY BEING TRAINED FOR IS TO JUMP IN THE CAR AND TURN AROUND - WHICH GETS THOSE LONG TAILS OUT OF THE WAY...-- WE ONLY DO TREATS AROUND THE FARM/KENNEL...OTHERWISE THEY ARE IN WORK MODE AND GET A "GOOD DOOGIE" --
THERE IS AN ASPECT OF OTHER STYLE "NORMAL" DOG TRAINING WHERE THE DOG TEACHES THE HANDLER TO FEED THEM TREATS... I WATCH... MEGAN WATCHES SHE IS VERY FUNNY DESCRIBING SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT TRAINERS, BUT JUST PORTAble TREAT HOLDERS
i do knotice once you start tthe treats, teh concentration is on treats-- not whaat you are trying to teach them.-- just as ... until they are bored with their surroundiings it is pointless to try and get them to walk your sppeed. consistency and routine will get a dane to the point of "ok... now what? which is the "WATER" part of helen keller's learnign sign language.
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thus endeth the dog training for the day,.NO PHOTO
i try for teh picture of bella and george...
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anne staggared us thru the jaffee application whic we had to have done by 5/31-- it is very difficult-- especially since anne is th eonly one around here who ( being daNISH) speaks english.
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I KNOW YOU ALL ARE VERY EXCITED TO HEAR I FOUND A 16 FOOT BOARD, AND A 20 FOOT PLASTIC WOOD/BIOARD TO TRY AND GET TEH BACK DOOR TO THE G-TENT DONE-- YOU CAN NOT JUST GO TO THE STORE AND BUY 16 FOOT LUMBER
BECAUSE HOW DO YOU GET IT HOME--- EVEN ON TOP OF A CAR ... IT IS NOT REALLY "DO- APBE" SO THEY HAVE TO DELIVER-- HARDLY WORTH 2 BOARDS.. BUT WE HAD SOME...
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SPEAKING OF LUMBER ... THANKS TO HUSBAND #31 WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SMOKING SHED ROOF... HE LEFT THE POSTS.. WHICH WERE CEDAR TREES I CUT DOWN WHEN COLBY NEEDED A PLAY FORT-- IT HAS SINCE BEEN A CHICKEN COOP, PIGEON COOP, HOLDING PEN FOR PEACOCK, RECEPTACLE FOR FEDEX UPS BOXES... AND FINALLY SMOKING SHED..
IT MUST NOW HAVE IT'S RESIDENT SMOKER ... THE SKELETON WHICH USUALLY SITS THERE.
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