may. 20 2022
there is nothting more impressive than a perfectly behaved great dane..
. unfortunately the opposite is true also... there is nothign worse than an out of. control 160 pound ballistic missle
and unfortunately my 2 need some work. also. donna has her two trained that when she opens teh gate to go home.. her two run for her car
and hop in.. absolutely perfectly....
unless they get distracted by wanda and janine carrying groceries...
bad scene-- and i have to admit my two are not any better with the car thing.
i have let them out a gate to decide on their own to run and jump in my car.... which is sitting there with the door open,no problem... except......
once a dog is programmed. to do one thing..... all is well as long as there is not any diversion...
in my case. the passenger door was not open one day and lachey just jumped in. the drivers window--
fortunately the motor was off as he got all involved with. the levers. and buttons.
the joy of performing an expected maneuver adds to the volitive atmosphere so to all of a sudden add an unexpected element can upset the entire applecart.
there was a nearly disasteous case yesterday also--- with a puppy. these pups have been trained to run out the icu door and run to ht e gate of the puppy pen.
yesterday a handler let out one ppuppy to work with- and did not notice i was backing up my car and mark was turning the tracto r we both braked to a halt.... but there was just enough confusion, so the handler did nto get the gate open as expected-which caused total panic with the pup who began to run around and around looking for the opening-- because he knew he was expected to get in there somehow.
he ... as donna's and my two.... have been taught to behave a task without human direction..
yesterday it became obvious i have some work to do on my pair. lachey and jiminey.... gate training... even if the cart is sitting there with door open,, you must say "may i?" like that idiot childs game of may i?... no you may not... you may take 2 giant steps... may i ?... no you may take one.
sizzle is better educated.. ( bentley never would have done all this,)
my two certainly have front door and food dish training... we need to extend it to gates ... i have been sloppy... until i. get better control. maybe a leash is required.?
freedom demands some discipline..
as a dog, or country , or world..... have we learned that yet?
