JUNE 29 2018

so you want to be a dog trainer????  so very many people tell me that.... my 2am stroke of brilliaNCE WAS ---- THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO TRAIN DOGS. ---THE FIRST - THE TYPICAL AKC OBEDIENCE TRAINER WHO SAYS  "SIT"  , TEH DOG PUTS IT'S BACK END ON THE FLOOR- AND TEH PERSON IS VERY PLEASED "SEE WHAT I MADE TEH DOG DO..."   THEN THER IS THE FARM DOG STYLE TRAINER..."SEE WHAT I AM DOING... NOW FIGURE IT OUT.",  MORE BODY LANGUAGE....  "I AM GOING TO BE HERE FOR A WHILE SO SIT /LIE  DOWN OR RELAX SOMEHOW." --- INSTEAD OF BARKING "HEEL",  IT'S UNSPOKEN... "COME ON AROUND SO WE DON'T TRIP OVER EACH OTHER."  AND CONTRARY TO  POPULAR OPINION ... YOU DO  NOT WALK IN CIRCLES TO EDUCATE  A DOG.   A GREEAT DANE SERVICE DOG  TRAINER HAS TO TEACH TEH DOG TO COMUNICATE- AND THINK ON THEIR FEET...  THESE DOGS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THINGS YOU CAN NOT TEACH... OH THERE ARE A FEW   -- I CALL THEM WORDS OF WISDOM-- NOT COMMANDS... LIKE "WAIT" SO WE DON'T  GET STUCK IN THE DOORWAY...--- OR "WHOA" AND "BACK"  JUST TO MANAGE THEIR  SIZE IN TIGHT PLACES... OUR DOGS DO NOT "KNOW" TEH 39 COMMANDS LISTED BY ADI. **** USTABEE - WHEN I WAS PROVIDING DOGS FOR COMMERCIALS ETC... AND TEH CALL WAS FOR AN ATMOSPHERIC DOG  JUST SORT OF NORMAL LOOKING  DOG IN THE BACKGROUND...  THE BEST I HAD WERE FARM DOGS- NOT USUALLY ON A LEASH-- AND THERE WAS A HOMELESS PERSON'S DOG WHO WAS PERFECT AT BEING A HOMELESS PERSON'S DOG IN A MOVIE.... ...-- AN "OBEDIENCE TRAINED " DOG IN THAT SITUATION WOULD LOOK STIFF AND UN NATURAL....  WHEN YOU WATCH A DOG ON TV OR WHATEVER, YOU CAN TELL TEH ROBOTIC TRAINED  "MOVE TOWARD ME AND I WLL TELL YOU WHEN TO STOP" LASSIE TYPE     OR  "UP ON THAT SOFA AND  LIE DOWN"   FABREESE COMES TO MIND.....   =VERY MECHANICAL   THERE IS A PICTURE SOMEWHERE--- OF ME MANAGING 34 DOGS IN TEH CENTER OF NEWBURYPORT FOR A COMMERCIAL--  THERE WERE 3 GOLDENS WHO WERE "OBEDIENCE TRAINED"   BUT THE OTHER 31  WERE "FARM DOGS" USED TO BEHAVING IN GENERAL ( INCLUDING MY 5 DANES)  I HAD THEIR OWNERS THERE WHO JUST TOLD TEHM WHERE TO LIE DOWN AND THE DOGS JUST ALL RELAXED AND STAYED TEHERE AMID TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS. *** AS FOR TEH SERVICE DOG WORK.....   THERE IS A BASSIC COMMUNICAQTION  OUR DOGS LEARN WITH THE SPOON FEEDING-- WHICH THESE DOGS FROM GERMANY DO NOT HAVE... AS WITNESSED BY MY MISERABLE ATTEMPT TO GET MAYHEMN TO "GET TEH BASKET" LIKE BAILEY DID..  BAILEY  UNDERSTOOD COMMUNICATION-- AND IT WAS FUN -- SHE    PICKED UP THAT BASKET  AND BROUGHT IT TO ME  WITH VARIOUS COMMENTS.  LIKE FLINGING IT AT ME  WITH  "TAKE YOUR DANM BASKET/'   OR  PICKING IT UP FROM IN FRONT OF ME  RUNNING OFF WITH IT BECUSE HER CONTRACT SAID  CANNED MEAT-- NOT DRIED COOKIES.  OR TAKING IT TO SOMEONE ELSE JUST TO GET THE LAUGHTER  WHILE SHE LOOKED AT ME AND WAGGED HER TAIL.... SHE COMMUNICATED-- AS MANY OF OUR DOGS DO.... I HAVE NOT GOT THERE YET WITH THESE GERMAN DOGS,,,,  I AM STILL WORKING ONN COMMUNICATION..... **** OH TODAY TODAY WAS SUCH A GREAT DAY. WE HAVE LONG AWAITED THIS TRIP TO THE FARM SINCE MARCH. WE PLANNED TO BE UP APRIL BUT LIFE TOOK OTHER TURNS DELAYING US. IT’S ALWAYS BITTER SWEET TO GET THE FARM BUT TODAY WAS A BIT MORE SPECIAL TO ME IN SOME WAYS.  MY YOUNGEST SON MADE A WISH TO RAISE AWARENESS ON SDP AND MS AND HIS WISH GREW. WE HELD A BIG FUNDRAISER IN MARCH IN FLORIDA THAT MY PARENTS PUT TOGETHER AND FLEW MY FAMILY DOWN. IT WAS SUCH A GREAT EVENT AND ALL BECAUSE OF LITTLE BOY WANTING TO RAISE AWARENESS CAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE GO THROUGH. TO LEARN MORE ON THIS HE HAS HIS OWN FB PAGE AND LOTS OF PICTURES FROM THE BIG DAY, THEN NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION WITH OUR NEXT FUNDRAISER. LOGAN’S WISH FOR MS AWARENESS. TODAY WE FINALLY WHEEE ABLE TO MAKE IT IN PERSON AND BRING CARLENE OUR DONATIONS THAT WE HAD MADE FROM THE FUNDRAISER. WE ALWAYS WANTED TO GIVE BACK AND TRY TO FIND WAYS TO SAY THANK YOU. I CAN NEVER REPAY CARLENE, MEGAN, STEVE AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS FOR ALL THEY THEY DO TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE ME. MY LIFE HAS CHANGED SO MUCH SINCE THE DAY I RECEIVED PIXIE. I WAS GIVEN SO MUCH TO MY LIFE BACK THAT I THOUGHT WAS GONE FOREVER. I’M SO GRATEFUL FOR MY SWEET GIFT. IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL DAY SEEING CARLENE, LINDA AND MEGAN AND EVERYONE ELSE AT THE FARM. PIXIE WAS SO EXCITED TO MEGAN SHE GAVE HER A GREAT BIG KISS. THE PUPPIES SURE DID LOVE HER. AWW OH I JUST ADORED THE THE PUPPIES. I COULD HAVE TAKEN THEM ALL HOME WITH ME, SUCH LOVE BUGS THEY ARE. BENTLEY HAS US CRACKING UP. HE IS TO SILLY. HE JUST SAT RIGHT ON MY OLDEST SON TYLER. OH WE GIGGLED. I LIKED HOW HE TOLD THE PUPPIES TO BEHAVE THEMSELVES TO. HE SURE IS THE BOSS BUT THE BEST BOSS I’D SAY. WE ALSO HAD TO SEE MO LOGAN LOVES MO. HE HAS A BIG FASCINATION WITH THIS BEAUTY BUT HOW COULDN’T YOU.  MY FAMILY AND I TRULY ENJOYED SITTING AND TALKING WITH CARLENE. SHE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH MORE TODAY THEN I KNEW YESTERDAY BUT WE ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY. I DON’T THINK STOPPED GIGGLING EITHER SHE HAD IS LAUGHING TO. IT WAS SUCH A PERFECT DAY. **** So no news story today 😞 they got called for some breaking news (earlier I posted on Fb that the news may come visit the lemonade stand we had today) but maybe they will come see us in the future! Anyhoo even though Eve still has a bad ankle and a bad ‘wing’ Finn is still really able to help her. In the house she has been pushing her chair with the good arm and uses a foot to help her steer. That’s ok for slow & very short distances, but today in the stores she just held on to Finn and told him where to go! Soooooo amazing that he can still give her this independence with only 1 good working limb.... if that one goes we may really need to get a saddle!!! Ok no not really!