DOGGIE
EDUCATION AS OPPOSED TO DOG TRAINING...
how is a
dane different from the normal obediece trained GERMAN SHEPHARD? ? let me
count the ways....
if
i say "bentley go lie down" and he doesn't i might
say next "bentley !"
and
the next command would be SHARPLY "bentley what did you not
understand?" and he would lie down
BECAUSE
HE HEARD ME IN THE FIRST PLACE.
with an
obedience trained dog , it would be "bentley
down"."bentley down"."bentley down".
IF YOU
TEACH A GOLDEN RETIERVER TO GET A BEER OUT OF THE REFRIGERATOR, HE WILL
DO IT WHEN YOU ASK. IF YOU TEACH A DANE TO DO IT... YOU BETTER NOT LEAVE
HIM HOME ALONE. THEY SEEM TO USE THIER KNOWLEDGE DIFFERENTLY,
I
REMEMBER... BROWNIE-- A HUGE MERLE- LOVELY DOG-- ONE DAY SITTING SOMEWHERE
WAITING FOR SOMETHING I TAUGHT HIM TO OPEN THE CAR DOOR- NOT LONG AFTER I WAS
IN A STAR MARKET AND I HEARD "WILL SHOPPERS ALL COME TO THE FRONT OF THE
STORE IMMEDIATELY" I DID AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A WILD ANIMAL
IN THE STORE--- BROWNIE-- HAPPILY RUNNING THE AISLES LOOKING
FOR ME....TEH STORE HAD AN AUTOMATIC DOOR OPENER... I WAS VERY EMBARASED...
ALSO LUCKY BECAUSE HE HAD CROSSED THRU TRAFFIC TO GET THERE.
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I THINK
WE NEED TO REVISIT HOW AND WHY ANY RECORDS ARE KEPT-- MEGAN'S DAILYS ARE A
WEALTH OF INFORMATION- BUT THEY ARE KEPT IN A MANNER NOT CONDUCIVE
TO USING TEHM FOR ANY PURPOSE-- I AM TOLD GWEN HAS FOUND AN "APP" FOR
KEEPING RECORDS THAT CAN BE DROPPED TO A COMPUTER FOR "USE"SOMEHOW
THAT SOUNDS BETTER. I THINK A FEW WORDS WITH A LOCATION AND DATE
WOULD BE FAR MORE USEFUL THAN THE 18 OR SO _______'GRADES" ON CHORES.-
BECAUSE YOU NEVER COULD LIST ALL THE POSSIBLE "CHORES"
I AM
REMINDED OF THE BOOK "PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISYS" A WOMAN
LEAVES DIRECTIONS FOR HER CHILD NEVER THINKING THE KID WOULD EAT HER FLOWERS...
THAT IS SORT OF WHERE DOG TRAINING IS AT.
I HAD 3
SPECTACULAR PROBLEMS- MEGAN RESCUED ME ONCE FROM A SITUATION WHERE A YOUNG
DOG DROPPED TO THE FLOOR WHEN HE SAW HIS IMAGE IN THE ANGLED MIRROR OVER
THE MEAT COUNTER AND JUST WOULD NOT STAND UP-- I SENT A SHOPER LOOKING FOR
"THE WOMAN WITH ANOTHER DOG..."
AND THEN-
BALLOONS... I WENT INTO A SHAWS- NO PROBLEM-- NOT NOTICING THE BALLOONS OVER
EACH REGISTER- I BET IT TOOK ME AN HOUR TO GET THAT PUP OUT THE DOOR.
AND THEN
BOBBIE--- BENTLEY'S GRANDFATHER - WENT SPREAD EAGLE IN THE DOOR TO THE
LAHEY HOSPITAL CAFETERIA- SLIPPERY FLOOR-- AND JUST WOULD NOT EVEN TRY TO GET
UP.. MUCH TO THE AMUSEMENT OF THE CROWD.... IT LEFT ME ON MY HANDS AND
KNEES TRYING TO GET THE 175 POUND DOG ON HIS FEET...
IT
HAPPENS...
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WE ARE
VERY HAPPY TO HAVE 2 OF OUR PRIME INTERNS HERE OVER THE VACATION -- LAURA AND
BELLA
WONDERFULLY
ACCOMPLISHED HELPERS.
LAURA HAS A
VERY WELL TRAINED DOG... MY DEFINITION OF A TRAINER IS "WHAT IS THEIR DOG
LIKE?"
