AAAAAAAUUUUGGGGHHHHHH----two people can not "instruct" the same dog at the same time...IT IS TEH SAME WITH TRYING TO BACK UP A trailer with 2 people trying to help.. HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AROUND HERE ---- CONFUSES TEH DOGS AND MAKES ME .. FRUSTRATED,AND LOUD.
TAKE THIS SCENERIO ,,, NOW PAY ATTENTION.....
BUNCH OF PUPPIES--- 6 PUPS... ONE LITTER-- 3 PEOPLE---LETS MOVE THEM FROM THE KITCHEN OUT THE FRONT DOOR TO THE VERY CONFUSIJNG STEP DOWN TO THE PORCH AND HOT TOP[ AREA.. PERSON "A" STARTS OUT THE DOOR AND CALLS THEM"PUPPY PUPPY PUPPY" AND THEY START IN THAT DIRECTION PERSON "A" IS NOW ON THE HOT TOP (DESTINATION) WITH PUPS # 1 AND 2... WHEN PUPPY #3 GETS TO THE STEP DOWN AT THE DOOR AND STOPS---- PUPPIES 4,5,6 SEE THAT#3 HAS STOPPED AND TURN AROUND BACK TO THE KITCHEN PERSON "A" TRIES TO ENCOUR #3 AND CONTINUES TO CALL THEM === PERSON "B" BY THE DOOR CALLS "PUPPY ,PUPPY "TO TRY AND GET PUPPY 4 5 AND 6 TO COME TYO THE DOOR--- PERSON "B" DOES NOT REALIZE SHE HAS CALLED PUPS 1 AND 2 BACK UP THE STEPSN WHO ARE NOW NOSE TO NOSE WITH #3 STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE STEP AT THE DOOR WHEN 4 AND 5 ARRIVE FROM THE KITCHEN BUT 6 IS STILL THINKING THE SITUATION IS TOO CONFUSING SO I BETTER STAY IN TEH SAFETY OF MY BED WHERE THIS ALL STARTED .. PERSON "C" TRIES TO CALL #6 TO THE HALL THUS CALLING1 2 4 AND 5 BACK TOWARD THE KITCHEN .. POOR PUP NUMBER 3 IS STILL TIPPED 1/2 WAY OUT THE DOOR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS EMENSE CLIFF HAS BEEN PUT IN HER WAY --- 6 IS STILL INTHE KITCHEN THINKING THE WORLD MUST BE COMING TO AN END WHILE 1 2 4 AND 5 RUSH BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE 3 PEOPLE CALLING THEM WONDERING WHO HAS THE FOOD.
MEANWHILE A,B,AND C- WHO ARE VERY PLEASENT INTELLIGENT VOLUNTEERS, BUT NOT OF TRAINING MENTALITY, DECIDE THESE PUPS ARE ALL STUPID.
AND I SIT HERE BITING MY TONGUE TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHY PUPPY #6 WHO RECOGNIZED CONFUSION WHEN HE SAW IT IS PERHAPS TEH BRIGHTEST OF THE BUNCH OF THE 9 INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED/.
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MY FATHER-- BORN 1900-- ADVISED- WHEN YOU GO TO LOOK AT A LITTER OF PUPS AND MOST ARE JUMPING ALL OVER THE FENCE IN FRONT OF YOU , YOU DON'T WANT TO PICK TEH ONE HANGING BACK-- HE HAD HIS LOGIC-- FOR MEDICAL REASONS... I HAVE COME TO LEARN-- FOR SERVICE DOGS THE ONE HANGING BACK MAY BE THE MOST INTELLIGENT ONE WHO WANTS TO THINK BEFORE RUSHING INTO TEH UNKNOWN.
MAYBE I GET THAT FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH DONKEYS-- WHEN IN DOUBT STOP AND THINK IT OVER... WHICH CAN OF ITSELF PRESENT A DIFFERENT SET OF PROBLEMS-- LIKE IF YOU ARE IN A PARADE IN BOSTON, AND THE BUDWEIISER HITCH OF CLYDESDALES IS BEHIND OUR 8 DONKEY HITCH..... AND TEH SHADOW OF TEH ELECTRIC WIR3ES DOES LOOK LIKE A SNAKE ON THE GROUND...
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--- WHY IS IT LIKE BACKING UP A TRAILER???? THERE IS A HUMAN INSTINCT TO HELP WHEN AN ANIMAL IS CONFUSED... AND IF THAT ANIMAL IS ME BEHIND TEH WHEEL- BACKING UP.... PEOPLE OFTEN RUSH IN TO HELP-- MANY PEOPLE ARE DYSLEXIC- SO HELP ME I HAVE HEARD SOMEONE SAY " THE OTHER COUNTERCLOCKWISE"
WHICH IS EACTLY HOW PUP #3 MUST BE THINKING" OK, I HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH A CHALANGE OF A STEP I NEVER SAW BEFORE... JUST LET ME THINK"
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I FOUND YOUR DISCIPLINARY SESSION WITH JASMINE TODAY VERY INSTRUCTIVE. SHE WAS PRETTY ECITED, BOUNCING AROUND THE KITCHEN, UNTIL YOU APPLIED YOUR FIRM, SUSTAINED, CONSISTENT APPROACH, UNDOUBTEDLY ACOMPANIED BY SOME CONVERSATION (YOUR FACE WAS TURNED AWAY FROM THE CAM SO I DID NOT SEE YOU TALKING TO HER BUT ASSUMED THAT WAS GOING ON). I SMILED WHEN SHE WAS ASLEEP AS YOU WALKED AWAY.
CAROL
