MOVING ON TO MORE training and CALERNDAR OHOITOS... ... LARGE DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD ABOTU THE 85,000 PHOTOS OF MARKS I THINK ALL ARE AVAILABLE ON SHUTTERFLY.... TO ASK FOR CP OPINIONS WOULD BE DANGEROUS.. UNLESS YOU JUST MAkE ONE SUGGESTION.... PLEASE... DON'T SEND ME THOUSANDS...
AND I AM INUNDATED WITH PHOTOS OF MICE RUNNING AROUND THE OFFICE SO I DON'T NEED MORE OF THOSE.
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THUNDER SHIRTS---- WE SHOULD HAVE A REPORT FROM DONNA TODAY AT 7AM.... ... WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD THUNDER BOOMER LAST NIGHT... AND I BOUGHT A SHIRT FOR HER TO TRY. WE DO HAVE A CP'S REPORT THAT IT DOES NOT WORK. SO STAY TURNED. --
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ON WITH TRAINING/.....
PEOPLE FOOD.. YOU HAVE TO TAKE A STAND AND STICK TO IT.. THERE ARE SEVERALL APPROACHES.. THERE IS THE PURIST ... JUST DON
T... IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THEM... --- MY DOGS ARE TRAINED WITH ANYTHING THAT FALLS ON THE FLOOR IS LEGALLY THEIRS. UNLESS OF COURSE I YELL" LEAVE IT." .. WHICH SHOLD OVERRIDE THE LEGAL ISSUE... SWIPING THINGS OFF PLATES... OR EVEN THINKING OF THAT IS 100% OUTLAWED. ..... MY COMMAND THERE IS "DON'T EVEN THINK OF IT" AND TOO MUCH EVEN STARING AT PLATES CAN BE ANNOYING,, SO "GET LOST" IS ALSO A HANDY COMMAND TO TEACH.
WHICH BRINGS UP THE FEEDING OF TREATS... FOR ALL SIZE DOGS, BUT ESPECIALLY BIG DOGS.. THIS LESSON IS FOR VOLUNTEERS ESPEDCIALLY... BECAUSE....... IF YOU TAKE A TREAATG IN YOUR FINGERS AND POKE IT STRAIGHT FORWARD, A POLITE DOG ... SIZZLE... BENTLEY... WILL CAREFULLY TAKE IT AND NOT TOUCH YOUR FINGERS.. POKE ONE AT JIMINEY AND HE WILL TAKE THE TREAT ANND YOUR FINGERS UP TO YOUFR SECOND KNUCKLE... THIS WILL CAUSE YOU TO anticipate teh lunge and jerk bacj=kwards, which makes him lunge faster for the treat.. what you then hqave is ... you are teaching him to lunge faster. before you loose your entire hand, try.. holding the treat perpendicuolar to his line of attack.. this will give you the optionof saying "easy" as you slide it into his mouth and your fingers stay beside his jowls.. in the odd case his ent=husiasm is more than youj want... you can twist the back of your hand as he lunges thus making him miss his aim at the cookie causing him to rethink his line odf attack thus lowering the speed.
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we at sdp... often eat supper ( the CHEF FOR SENIORS MEALS) OFF STOOLS IN TEH OFFICE - THESE ARE DANE NOSE LEVEL... NEW VOLUNTEERS WILL PICK UP THIER PLAGES AND MOVE TJHEM HIGHER AWAY FROM THE NOSES OF OUR DOGS.
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE "NO" FIRST OF ALL YOU CAN NOT LIFT IT HIGH ENOUGH TO GET AWAY FROM A DANE NOSE..SO YOU ARE TEACHING THEM TO TRY HARDER/HIGHER... . SECONDLY IT IS A GOOD TRAINING MOMENT... FOR TEH COMMANDS "DON'T EVEN THINK OF IT" AND/OR "GET LOST" THUS ESTABLISHING WHAT IS YOURS... WITH COMMANDS THAT WILL BE USEFUL IN THEIR FUTURE AS A SERVICE DOG IN A RESTAURANT.. IT WILL SAVE TIME... BECAUSE AS YOU ENTER, .... YOU SAY "DON'T EVEN THINK OF IT" AND THE HEAD WAAITER WILLNOT ASK IF IT IS A PROPER SERVICE DOG... WHICH SHE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO ASK IF THEY ARE BEHAVIN PERFECTLY. SO THERE !
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BRINGING UP ... WHAT I WISH ALL PEOPLE KNEW.... IF THE DOG IS NOT BEHAVING PERFECTLY, IT IS, BY DEFINITION , NOT A SERVICE DOG.
THE PART THAT GETS CONFUSING IS.... IS TEH EXACT OPPOSITE TRUE... OR SHOULD IT BE?
