the "you should's" of the world please take note.... " you should stick to formal servce dog training and stop pllaying games with teh golf cart" I GOT THAT EMAIL ONCE.... SO I WAS THRILLED TO GET THE FOLLOWOINFG EMAIL
Hello Carlene,
While listening to you talking about training a pup to ride in the golf cart, I had an “if then” moment. It made me think about the fact that if Riz had been trained to ride in a golf cart while she was at SDP, then I should be able to golf. Before I needed a service dog, I used to love to golf...truth in advertising- I was terrible at it, so mainly I really just loved being outdoors and riding in golf carts. When I got my first service dog, I gave it up because I could no longer walk the course and it didn’t occur to me to train him to ride in the cart.
Turns out Riz remembers how to ride in a cart and I just enjoyed my first golf game (well really cart ride) in twelve years. I so appreciate your creative thinking and unique training methods...don’t ever let the naysayers put you in a box!
heidi
WOOW OOWOOWOOOOOOOOO !!
SO NUMBER ONE TRAIONIONG TOPIC OF THE DAY... EVERY TIME YOU HANDLE AN ANIMAL *( OR CHILD) YOU' re training them. in the [past month i did have a DAILY DOGGIE "not all training should be serious" i had that mometn fooling with stitch.. i remember saying......COMMAND your dog to do somethign fun--- ort at least pleasent. yell a threatening " stitch get over here right now " AND THEN PUT HIS FOOD DISH IN FRONT OF HIM I THOUGHT OF THAT WHEN..... when with difficulty i had to drag stitch to the colf cart and 5 minutes later he decided he liked it and jumped on all by himself. ..
I LEARNED THAT MYSELF IN SCHOOL WHEN I WENT FROM GEOMETRY / PHYSICS FUN TO LATIN... IN MY OPINION.... THERE IS NOT A TEACHER ALIVE WHO COULD MAKE LATIN FUN ,, FURTHERMORE I WAS TOLD " IT WILL HELP YOU IN THE FUTURE WITH SPELLING" AND WE ALL KNOW TEH SUCCESS OF THAT CONCEPT... BUT THE FUN , I REMEMBER.
SO WITH DOGS... I AM THRILLED WITH THE WIERD THINGS GEROGE HAS DONE WITH GREAT EASE AND INTELLIGENCE... HE IS NOT ALONE... MANY OF OUR DOGS DO THINGS TOTALLY UNEXPECTD/// GOING FOR HELP WHEN A PERSON IN AN ELECRTIC WHEELCHAIR GOT STUCK UNDER A BATHROOM SINK... BEING ON STAGE IN A BROADWAY MUSICA;L AMID TAP DANCING PERFORMERS.... --- THE STORIES ARE ENDLESS... I DO THINK OUR TRAINING IS VERY DEPENDENT ON EARLY PUPPY TRAIONIG STARTING WITH EARLY ODDBALL TRAINING. HISTORICALLY ... IN THE DAYS OF OUR AMBULANCE..... WE USED TO MAKE DAILY TRIPS TO THE FAIRGROIUNDS WITH ENTIRE LITTERS AND A FEW EXTRAS -- RUN round for 5 minutes... loAD BACK UP AND COME HOME.. HORRIZONS WERE BROADENED IN LESS THAN A 1/2 HOUR. I WANT TO GET BACK TO THAT... WELL ... I CAN AT LEAST DRIVE... SOMEBODY WITH YOUNGER LEGS WILL HAVE TO HELP. RUMOR HAS IT SOMEONE IS THINKING ABOUT DONATING A VAN... THAT RETIRED AMBUOANCE WAS WONDERFUL N SO MANY WAYS... WE LOVED IT....
I NEVER LOST IT IN A MALL PARKING LOT AND PEOPLE GOT OUT OF MY WAY AT INTERSECTIONS ... IT RETIRED TO BECOME FOOD STORAGE BEFORE THE SHIPPING CONTAINER...
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TRAINING TIP OF THE DAY
AND I WILL GRY AND DEMONSTRATE HOW MUCH ISUCCESS I HAVE HAD WITH TRAINING JIMMINEY /... AT MJAIL CALL .. "GO" IS AS HANDY AS "COME" .. ALL THESE DOG TRAINING BOOKS ETC GET VERY EXCITED ABOUT "XXXXX COME!" THERE IS AN ELEMENT TO CONSIDER , IF THAT IS SO DIFFICULT TO TRAIN, THE REASNO COULD BE YOU ARE NOT BEING VERY ATTRACTIVE TO THE DOG... SEEE ABOVE FUN IDEA.
IN MY CASE AROUND HERE THESE DOGS ARE UNDERFOOT CONSTANTLY SO THAT "GO AWAY" IS AS HANDY AS "COME HERE" .
I ALSO USE THAT GOING THRU DOORS WHEN I SAY "WAIT" SO WE ALL DON'T GET STUCK IN THE DOOR LIKE THE 3 STOOGES. IT IS WAIT... THEN OK MEANS GO DO YOUR OWN THING AND RUN AROUND.... IN PUB;IC LIKE MALL DOORS... IF I SAY "GO" IT MEANS STEP FORWARD AND I WILL CATCH UP AND WE WILL GO ON. ---GO AND IMMEDIAGELYU ---WAIT--- IS ALSO A LOGICAL SEWQUENCE...
I USED "GO " TO TELLL BENTLEY TO GO WITH THE FIREMAN TO BE WITH CHAOS AS I WAS LOADED IN AM AMBULANCE AFTER THE KONE ELEVTOR ELECTRUCION EPIOSODE . HE LOOKED BACK AT ME TO BE REASSURED AND THEN WALKED ON, RELAXED.
IT IS A HANDY THING FOR THEM TO KNOW HOW TO DO. DOGS DO NOT LIKE TO BE CONFUSED.
PEOPLE WITH JACK RUSSELLS JUST PICK THEM UP -- WHICH IS HT E ULTIMATE OF USING YOUR MUSCLES TO GET THEM TO DO WHAT YOU WANT... SOMETHIGJN WE AVOID FROM BIRTH.
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BRILLIANT IDEA OF THE DAY . DANNICAS OWNER BOUGHT SOME ?LINNEN CURTAIN MATERIAL AND MADE A LOOSE FITTING COVER FOR HER BLACK DOG DANICA WHICH MADE HER MUCHMORE COMFORTABLE INTHE HOT SUN... PLUS THE MATERIAL ENABLED HER TO DRIBBLE HER OWN WATER BOTTLE DOWN TEH BACK AND IS A COOLING VEST
IT WAS A BEAIUTIFUL EFFICIENT DEAL AND I THINK WE... SOMEONE WHO CANSEW... SHOULD LOOK INTO IT ALMORS=TTO THE POINT THAT ALL OF OUR BLACK WORKING DOGS SHOLD HAVE ONE . IT MAKES MORE SENSE THAN TEH VEST THAT JUST LABLS THJEM AS SERV DOGS.
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ALONG WITH OUR TRAINIGN COLF CART RIDING... THERE IS A "YOU SHOULD" ELEMENT THAT SAYS WE SHOUD NOT HAVE DONKEYS, CHICKENS, GOATS AND ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE THEY TATKE VOLUNTEERS AWAY FROM DOGS....AND ARE TOO HARD TO CARE FOR.
REST ASSURED ALL OUR ANIMALS THRIVE... AND HAVE HAPPY SEMI NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS... YESGTERDAY TEHRE WAS A VERY MIXED UP SITUATION BETWEEN A SLEEPING GOAT AND ALFRED.. WHO ENDED UP FALLING IN A HEAP. freedom is a learning experience ,,,DOES FREEDOM HAVE IT'S Dangers ?
it sure does with people too.
