AHHHHHH COFFEE...
AND THE FIRST THING I DO IS LOOK OVER THE MEMSAIC REPORT OF THE BRICKS SOLD... I AM HOPING WE CAN DO AS WELL THIS MONTH....
AND OUR NEW SCHEME IS TO ADD THE QUICK PICKS WITHTHE 2 POKER DISKS AS THE PICTURE... IF OU CLICK ON THOSE IT SHOULD GIVE YOU THE NAMES OF THE DONOR...
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I AM STILL WORKING ON THE "TALK" I AM TO GIVE TO THE VET CONFERENCE... THIS IS CAUSING ME TO DO MORE THINKING THAN I AM ACCUSTOMED TO DOING... ..
FACT-- I AM STILL CONVINCED THE PART THAT IS LACKING FROM MOST "TRAINING METHODS" IS BEST ILLUSTRATED BY THE OLD MOVIE "MIRACLE WORKER"----- PATTY DUKE PLAYS HELEN KELLER- BORN BLIND AND DEAF- AN IMPOSSIBLY FRUSTRATED AND VIOLENT CHILD UNTIL SHE FIGURES OUT THAT THOSE HAND MOVEMENTS MEAN "WATER". I HAVE SEEN SOOOO MANY DOGS WHO JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE BASICS...
WE START OUR EDUCATION WITH SPOON FEEDING -- CALLING THEM ALL PUPPY PUPPY PUPPY -- THEN CALLING BY NAME -- WHICH IS PURELY TO TEACH THEM ALL THIS NOISE WE MAKE HAS MEANING. AND WE GO ON WITHOUT LEASH AND COLLAR FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WE TRY NOT TO USE OUR MUSCLES TO CONTOL THEM.. THEY GET TO A STATE OF READY T TO LEARN--- THEY EVEN LOOK AT YOU DIFFERENTLY.. AND YOU CAN MOVE ON WITH GAMES.. GETTING UP ON TABLES/RAMPS/INTO CARS --- WAIT TIL TOLD TO EAT THIER FOOD... LIE DOWN FOR A FEW SECONDS...PLAY IN THE ARENA JUST NONSENSE THINGS. LEARNING TO COMMUNICATE...
AND THEN THEY LEARN WHAT QUARTERHORSE PEOPLE CALL "THE RULE OF THE ROPE" IT IS ABSOLUTE... DON'T FIGHT IT -- DON'T EVEN TIGHTEN IT. WHEN IT IS ON ... PAY ATTENTION. THEY MUST BEHAVE-- WITHOUT QUESTION.
AND YOU ARE WELL ON YOUR WAY TO A WELL EDUCATED DOG.
PROBLEM IS... GEORGE SAID I SHOULD NOT GO ON WITH FUNNY STORIES ABOUT PIGS AND DONKEYS -- YET HOW DO I DO THAT WHEN SEVERAL PIGS AND MORE THAN ONE DONKEY HAVE BEEN THE ONES TO TEACH ME ABOUT THIS THE LAST BEING MARY - WHO WAS PROBABLY MY BEST FRIEND EVER...
THERE ARE A COUPLE PHOTO'S I NEED TO LOCATE-- THE ONE OF "THE HITCH" OF 8 DONKEYS PULLING WAGONS WITH BUSH , CLINTON , AND PEROT.. THE ODD THING IN THAT PHOTO IS THERE WAS A 9TH DONKEY "TIMMY" WHO USED TO WANDER THE CROWD STEPPING CAREFULLY AROUND WHEELCHAIRS AND KIDS TOTALLY UNSUPERVISED... WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A HALTER ON HIM AND TIED A BALLOON TO HIS MANE SO WE COULD FIND HIM IN THE CROWD.
ANOTHER PHOTO IS THE DAY I WAS ON MY HANDS AND KNEES DIGGING A POST HOLE WITH MY SOUP SPOONS AND 2 DOGS CAME OVER TO WATCH... AND IF I HESITATED, ONE WOULD STEP IN AND DIG FOR ME. IN COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEM---- I NEEDED FOR SOME REASON TO GET THE DIRT OUT OF THE HOLE. AND THEY COULD HELP. THEIR UNDERSTANDING WAS AN AMAZING BIT OF THINKING FOR A DOG....
AND THEN MARY--- ALL 750 POUND OF HER--- ABSOLUTE 100% RELIABLE WHEN NECESSARY-- THE REST OF THE TIME HER SENSE OF HUMOR TOOK OVER. SO MANY TIMES SHE WOULD RUN OFF WITH THE TABLECLOTH OUT OF THE T TENT WITH EARLENE RUNNING AFTER HER YELLING AT HER... OR IN BROOKSBY VILLAGE SENIOR CARE AUDITORIUM WITH DUCT TAPE ON HER FEET SO SHE DID NOT SCRATCH THE FLOOR-- "WORKING THE CROWD" CAREFULLY GOING FROM ONE PERSON TO THE NEXT OFFERING HER LONG EARS FOR THEM TO SCRATCH... OR THE MANY JESUS JOBS SHE DID OVER THE YEARS... ALWAYS MAINTAINING HER OWN QUIRKY PERSONALITY.
THE TYPICAL "OBEDIENCE TRAINED DOG" CERTAINLY JUMPS TO ATTENTION ON COMMAND,
AND SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THE PUPPY RAISED DOG FOR THE SEEING EYE PROGRAM HAS TO KNOW 39 COMMANDS AT 18 MONTHS , AS THE START THIER OFFICIAL TRAINING.... THE SEEING EYE CERTAINY TURNS OUT EXTREMELY USEFUL AND WELL TRAINED DOGS-- I THINK YOU WILL NOTICE NONE OF THEM ARE DANES...
DANES JUST DON'T HAVE THAT WORK ETHIC... BUT AT 18 MONTHS DANES ARE USUALLY OUT DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST.. HELPING THEIR PARTNERS WALK...
AS FOR THEIR ABSOLUTE BEHAVIOR WHEN IN HARNESS.... A PERFECT EXAMPLE YESTERDAY--- I WENT TO "BED AND BATH"-- FIRST TIME IN A REAL STORE IN MAYBE A YEAR.... I HAD LOST MY GRANNY FORK--- A SMALL 2 TINED - WOOD HANDLED FORK-- PERGECT FOR STICKING IN A BAKED POTATO TO TEST IF IT IS DONE.... OR A RUMP ROAST TO CARVE IT....
I HAD BENTLEY WITH ME-- I AM GETTING TO THE POINT OF NEEDING HIM---AT LEAST TO GET TO A SHOPPING CART... AS WE WANDERED PAST THE 15 FOOT HIGH DISPLAY OF CARVING KNIVES, HE HESITATED EVER SO SLIGHTLY, WHICH CAUGHT MY EYE.. INSTEAD OF "COMMANDING HIM TO WALK ON" I CHECKED...LUCKILY... HIS HARNESS HAD HOOKED THE METAL ON THE DISPLAY OF THE 15 FOOT HIGH COLLECTION OF KNIVES... IF HE HAD WALKED ON, HE WOULD HAVE EASILY TOPPLED THE ENTIRE THING. I SAW- AND GAVE TH E ULTIMATE COMMAND "WHOA" AND HE FROZE.
GOOD BOY...
"WHOA" IS A BIGGIE IN OUR WORLD...
