APRIL 11 2020

  PEQULIAR POINTERS DAY.....

our danes-- and most DANES  i have met-- are basically terrified of the world... so our premise for trainingis to say...   stay right by me and i will explain everything with very littloe confusion.  

many times non dane people thinkthey are growling when in fact they are grumbling " holy cow... what is that  and i am scared"   best approach is to stop everything and let them figure it out...  takes a few minutes....   if you jusgt sgtand full of confidence and let tehm figure it out in theri own time.... it willsave a lot of problems down the road...

 when these danes are meeting someond for the first time.... and the DOG IS  grumbling---DO NOT LET ANYONE WALK TOWARD THEM- JUST LET TEH DOG APPROACH TH PERSON IN THIER OWN TIME....  if you have a member of gthe ppubloic whO sticks out their hanD for teh dog to sniff it...AND ARE VERY BRAZEN  ABOUT   "I KNOW HOW TO DOTHIS.."     2 things...  the dog is thinking    1. with my nose i could smell you 1/4 mile away so don't give me the hand bit....   2.   if this leash stops me from getting away from you  i might have to bite to chase you away...   THIS CONCEPT   IS A BIGGIE BEHIND WHY NOT TALK  TO A SERVICE  DOG   THE GENERAL PUBLI CAN  BE VERY HARD HEADED.....

SPEAKING OF EH GENERAL PUBLIC--- THE LAST BITE WE HAD TO CONTND WITH WAS A KID BITING A DOGS EAR-- POOR DEAGLE... IN MEDFORD SQUARE CHRISTMAS TOWN HALL-- HE WAS ON OUR FAMOUS BED... AND A 12 YEAR OLD KID SAID TO HIS FRIEND "WANNA SEE ME BITE THE DOG?"   I THINK I BROKE THE KIDS NOSE.   HE TOO WAS BLEEDING... 

THIS " GENERAL PUBLIC"   ---IS ALSO TH E CONCEPT BEHIND THE FRYING PANS TO FEED TEH DONKEYS AROUND HERE..... "OH I KNOW HOW TO FEED A HORSE-- YOU KEEP YOUR HAND FLAT AND THEY JUST TAKE TEH CARROT OFF YOUR HAND..."  WHOOPIE DOOOOO... LET ME EXPLAIN  WHY WE USE FRY PANS.....  LITTLE CHOLDREN'S FINGERS ARE NOT UNLIKE THE SIZE AND SHAPE OIF TREATS----  I DON'T WANT MY DONKEYS HERE TO ASSOCIATE HANDS AND TREATS AT ALL--- MINE SHOLD BE THINKING ALL TREATS COME FROM FRY PANS..

REMEMBER I HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE DRIVING SANTAS 8 REINDEER( DONKEYS WITH ANTLERS)  INTO MASSES OF  CHRISTMAS CROWDS..... PLACES NO ONE IN THER RIGHT MINDS WOUJL DRIVE DONKEYS... WE DID IT.  LIKE 4TH FLOOR BALLROOM OF A BIG BOSTON HOTEL-- ---BUT THE MOST DANGEROUS WAS.. HAVERHILL  WHERE WE BRIUYGHT SANTA  TO THE TOWN HALL-- AND IN THE PROCESS LOST OUR POLICE ESCORT QAND WERE OVERWHELMED BY THE CROWD WH PACKED IN UNDER THE CARRIAGE AND BETWEEN THE DONKEYS... IF THE DONKS HAD DONE ANYTHIGN WRONG OR TAKEN ONE STEP.....WE  WOULD HAVE HAD MASSIVE PROBLEMS.  TO MAKE  MATTERS WORSE EVERY ONE OF THOS E KIDS HAD BEEN SLOBBERING  ON TEH PEPPERMINT CANDY CANE SOMEONE GAVE THEM---HANDS WERE COVERED WITHTEH SCENT  OF PEPPERMINT ----   AND PEPPERMINGT IS A VERY FAVORITE OF MOST DONKEYS AND HORSES.... 

SO BACK TO THE DOGS.

A HUGE TRAINING THING WE DO IS A VERY DETERMINED "ONE STEP   MARCH"  ... NOW IF   YOU WERE A DOG, YOU WOULD CONSIDER GOING FROM A TO B PRETTY FAST AS YOU COULD SEE NO REASON TO GO SLOW... SO IN OUR TRYING TO GET THE DOGS TO THINK DIFFERENTLY, WE NEED TO EDUCATE THEM TO ... FAST IS OK... BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN  WE TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME....   BEFORE ALL THEI COV BUIT  WE USED TO PARACTICE IN THE LIBERTREE MALL... BECAUSE IT HAS LINES AND SQUares onthe floor.   to help you keep the dogs going straight.

couple things there....? basic instincts?? 

 a baby dog...aka "puppy"  has a built in mechanizm to run in front of mommy dog to slow her up so they can grab one of her hanging milk producing  faucets.  it is a wierd thing... but i think that instinct hangs on... and sometimes when they are confused  or want something....theses dogs will circle in front of you   to stop you...  they will also try and get infront of my golf cart of car to stop me so tehy can get in ....  it is annoying in the training porocess... they do geto over it... but be careful when jogging..  they are quick.

do these basic instincts hang on?????   you have only to hear one dog get  ready  to vomit with that very strange noise.. and see every dog on th e property run over to see what delectable  item is coming out.   crazy??  not at all... that comes from the wolf mommy  eating a rabbit and carrying it home to her pups very efficiently in her tummy,,,  when she gets back to her pups.....she  thows it up and teh pups rush to eat the half digested  goop.  that noise is a very unique noise-- but all dogs seem to know it.

 HOW DID IT GET SO LATE??????