nov 21 2020 iowa intro

 2020 11 21

 

I had an email  ffrom a trainer in iowa  interested in danes……. who askes questions  and I tried to answer them.. it took a while.. 

So  here it is.......to the trainer…….

I WOULD LOVE  TO DO  WHATEVER  I CAN TO HELP... FIRSTLY   YOUR QUESTIONS..

also i have a defective little   finger which hits the caps lock  often.

 

 I SWEAR THEY ARE BORN TRAINED SERVICE DOGS 

 IF YOU JUST DO NOT WRECK  THEM TRYING TO MAKE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS OUT  OF THEM... they are super balance dogs    

retrieving is not their speciality.

i watch them--- if i throw an object... they may go and put a foot on it, but mostly  look at me with a "why did you throw it over there?" 

they  are thinkers  ( and i have handled hundreds of dogs and breeds - i used to provice animals for media and movies.. ? 30 years???)

   

THE YOUNGEST DOG WE EVER "CERTIFIED" WAS GEORGE-- FULLY TRAINED AT 9 MONTHS   WHO BECAME 

AKC SERVICE DOG OF THE YEAR ?2015? NOT LONG AFTER   --

 GOOGLE ---- BELLA AND GEORGE  ABC NEWS

ABSOLUTELY PERFECT SERVICE DOG ... ANTICIPATES HER EVEERY NEED.   HE THINKS. 

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I AM INCLINED TO LEAVE FOOD OUT OF THERI TRAINING.. BECAUSE THEY THEN 

THINK OF FOOD AND NOT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO TELL THEM...  MAYBE VERY EARLY WITH FIRST LEASH TRAINING

 

but after thaqt , they are thrilled to be praised and go places and do things.. once basicly leash trained- we take them in public -- everywhere... for training... we do not walk in circles... it does not work... we just insist on proper behavior....and have a very short list of "commands"  they have the vocabulary of a 3 year old... normal conversation  ."knock it off.. get in the  car... wait... whoa.. come here...   back up  ... go away... thngs like that. " 

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we stay away from repetative trainig.. if the dog learns to lie down..... we don't ask them to repeat it over and over... 

peopl,e who get a kick out of making a dog sit for n o reason, are just enjoying ordering the dog around..   danes need a reason more than alot of other dogsw i h ave handled.

 

WE KEEP ALL HERE- DON'T USE PUPPY RAISERS  BECAUSE i WOULD THEN HAVE TO TRAIN THE RAISERS...

 And i have seen miserable situations there...it is my opinion that if the pup gets bonded to the raiser, they spend their life looking for thieir "real person.." .. ours stay here in our lovely kennels,, and then we "bond to recipient "   where the bonding is as important as the training.l

 

\danes get devoted to one person and become intent on their "job"  and do things you could never train  DOG TO DO...

 

they are timid-- you must wait til they come to  you --- i also wonder if being timid, they finally figure out that there is one person with whom they are safe, so they better pay attention to them.  i hear very often...... "i can not even get up to go to the bathroom  without my dog coming there with me."

 

and once bonded  they  do well within 6 feet of their recipient 24/7     george.. along with 4 other danes we h ave with kids  who have to be aqdmitted to childrens hosp-ital in boston.......are allowed everywhere in the hospital exce0pt the operaqting room   ---many picturews of kid in bed with a 150 pound dane in the  same  hospital bed.

 their public "persona"  is perfect for a person who has been isolated by any number of medical problems... people talk about the dane not the fact the recipient  has cp, or is minus a leg.

By 8 – 9 YEARS OLD THEY ARE BEGINNING TO WEAr out-- we have had a couple cancers  out of the 450 danes iu hav e on record...(  lower front leg in

several cases... strange..)

 

every day - i write a daily doggie of farm news and idiot stuff.. which i must od now...it often has training ideas in it.. go to our web and click the coffee cup

 i must do that  now.

 i am attaching an article i wrotte abotu trainig a dane .. spoon feeding at 5 weeks is a special idea.. the pups in the picture are 7 weeks old...  i would love to know if anyone else can get a bunch of golden or lab pups to sit and wait so nicely at 5 weeks????  

 

seriously --- i would love to help  in any way i can...

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and then the cov story....

and the noose tightens  i got this from th e  Ipswich country club 

As you are aware, we had an employee test positive for Covid-19 on November 15th. Following this positive test, we worked with the Ipswich Board of Health to develop a contact trace list and informed all employees who were known to be within six feet of the COVID-19 positive employees for 15 minutes or more.

Following this protocol, we have had all employees in this contact list, along with several others, get tested. At this point, we have 5 employees that tested positive. The last date any of them were at the club was 11.15.2020. However, these employees did work daily between November 11th and 15th in the restaurant area.

As stated above, the CDC guidelines suggests that anyone who spent 15 minutes continuously within six feet of an individual who tests positive should get tested as well.

and mark ate there and is getting tested regularly.

fyi

I HAVE A FRIEND WHO USED TO WORK AT A TURKEY FARM

AND TO GET THE NUMBER OF "FRESH TURKEYS" NEEDED FOR THANKSGIVING, THEY STArted

packaging them 3 weeks ahead...   so technically a frozen one was probably " fresher" than the 

"frresh killed that was 3 weeks old.

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Interesting DD today. When I got Riz she was trained to work on my left, but because I am left handed and my last dog was also trained to work on my right, it made sense to have her switch sides....she made the shift on the first day without any issues. After reading your DD I can now see why it was so easy....I didn’t know that she was trained to “left/right” verbal commands.  Wouldn’t have made a difference anyway, as I quit calling cadence when I left the military and I can’t tell my left from my right.  I expected Riz to pay attention to our surroundings and to be in tune to the shifts in my steps, so that she would move in the direction I wanted her to, without me telling her to. She did and does. Guess it goes to show that Riz is exactly what you are trying to raise at SDP...a thinking dog!

Heidi and Riz

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Hi Lynn and Carlene,

I read today's DD Carlene and I just wanted to explain something as I was the recipient who spoke with Lynn about training on the "other side".  Hoodsie works on my left side.  When I was matched with Hoodsie, Megan, Liv and Devin suggested I periodically work Hoodsie on my right side so he is capable should I ever need it.  As such, I practice right-sided Hoodsie around 1-2 times a week.  Sometimes we will walk a few miles with him on my right.  Honestly, it is also good practice for me too because it is my weaker side! I am not really comfortable working him on my right side but I realize there might come a time when I am injured or have surgery and will need him to be rock solid on my right side.   As a result of my practicing with Hoodsie on my right side, he has become somewhat "ambidextrous".  He understands that "RIGHT" means right, and "LEFT" means left.   It doesn't matter which side he is working on, he knows what to do.  As a matter of fact, he does this much better than my husband... This summer when we met up with Shauna and Kringle for a day of fun, Shauna commented that it is interesting to see Hoodsie "come around" as sometimes we are working ambidextrously and Hoodsie knows to go to the current working side.  It is not something I taught him, he figured that out on his own.  Or similarly, if I pick up a large shopping bag or something else large in my left hand and I call him over, he will automatically go to my right side and be in the ready position there.  

This has been VERY HELPFUL this week as my husband had spine surgery on Monday and is limited in his motions and stability and strength now.  As I've attempted to help him a bit on my left side, Hoodsie has figured out he can be useful on my right side.  Because Hoodsie has regularly practiced this, he is a pro at it and we didn't need to "work on it" over several days. Hoodsie was immediately helpful in this situation even though Hoodsie has no experience in me helping someone else with their stability. I am always amazed as Hoodsie's ability to use his critical thinking skills and help me out in any way he possibly can.