FINALLY I WOKE UP THIS MRNING USUAL COLLECTION OF THOUGHTS/TOPICS. FOR THE DAILY DOGGIE... HOWEVER I AM NOT RECOVERED ENOUGH TO. HAVE A PEN AND "REPORTERS NOTEBOOK.." WITHIN REACH... MAYBE TOMORROW..
TRAINING-- SOME OF YOU WATCHED TAXI BEING RIDDEN BY MATT--AND TO SOME IT MAY HAVE LOOKED STRANGE TO WORRY ABOUT EXACTLY WHERE HERR FEET WENT..... BUT THIS MORNING... ON TV,,, I CERTAINLY DO NOT APPROVE OF CHASING PEOPLE ON. HORSEBACK, BUT IT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF 3 QUARTER HORSES MOVING IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE-- CHASING THEM-- AND THE RIDER MOVED THAT 1000 POUND HORSE AROUND WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE......AND THE HORSE CONSTANTLY AT ATTENTION FOR WHERRE DO YOU WANT ME TO GO NEXT.
TIME WAS--- MAYBE STILL IS... THE PHILIDELPHIA POLICE DEPARTMENT USED ALL BLACK QUARTER HORSES FOR CROWD CONTROL--SOMETIMES THE SOLUTION IS ANIMALS--- THOSE 1000 POUND HORSES ARE OFTEN STANDING ON ONE 16 SQUARE INCH AREA. WHETHER YOUR FOOT IS IN THE SAME 16 SQUARE INCHES OR NOT.
SPEAKING OF TRAINING----- I SPENT NEARLY AN HOUR ON THE PHONE WITH LU picard.... ceo of -- OF ECAD.-- SERVICE DOG PROGRAM IN CONN. ...PRODUCEER OF REALLY GREAT SERVICE DOGS.... WE ARE OLD FRIENDS FROM WAY BACK... WHO AGREE ON VERY LITTLE WHEN IT COMES TO TRAINING.... .... WHEN EXPLORE FIRST GAVE ME FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR A TRACTOR, I GAVE LU MY OLD ONE-- SHE STILL HAS IT.... SHE ALSO HAS A HUSBAND TO KEEP IT GOING STRAIGHT... wonderful KABOTA.. GOTTA LOVE THEM....
I THINK THE WORLD OF TRAINING SERVICE DOGS WOULD BE IMPROVED TREMENDOUSLY BY A 2 HOUR DISCUSSION OF TRAINING TECHNIQUES BETWEEN LU AND ME.... ONLY BECAUSE THE RESULTS ARE NEARLY PERFECT FOR BOTH OF US. yet we arrive there with totqlly different approaches..... SHE HAS ALL THOSE BROWN TYPE DOGS.....:)..... which are 180 degrees different than danes.... which could explain the different approah... but i still wonder what would happen if we raised a litter of labs/goldens using our "out of the box" methods.... could we produce a perfect service dog by one year old.....as we have done-- several times... most notably george-- who first went home with bella. at-- i think-- 9 months.... winning service dog of the year in 2015 and is going strong years later...
ONE PROBLEM OF TRAINING Is WE GET STUCK IN SOME ROUTINE--- WHICH EVEN IF IT IS A BAD ONE, THE DOGS ALLOW US AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO ADAPT WHEN IN FACT WE SHOULD RETHINK......
--I KNOW THERE IS A THEORY SOMEWHERE THAT YOU MUST NOT"WORK" A DOG TIL THEY ARE 2 YEARS OLD--- PERSONALLY I THINK THT COMES FROM. T EH HORSE RACING WORLD OF "GROWTH PLATE" AND KNEES..... WHAT I CAN NOT CONNECT IS THE WAY OUR DOGS BATTER ANE BEAT EACH OTHER PLAYING UP AND DOWN PUPPY HILL.. DRAGGING SMALL TREES WITH. THEM-- I CAN NOT JUSTIFY SITTING AROUND FEEDING THESE BEASTS UNTI THEY ARE 2 WHEN THEY ARE DOING FAR WORSE TO EACH OTEHR THAN ANY DAYS SERVICE WORK... BUT THEN MY KIDS WORKED AS SOON AS THEY COULD COUNT MAGAZINES. GWEN IN THE HOLE IN THE VERY BACK OF THE VW. "GET 12 BOOKS READY". JANINE ON THE FLOOR..." PUT THE MONEY IN THE CAN". AS A KID TYOE BREAK......THERE WAS OUR WEEKLY TRIPS TO CANNOBIE LAKE AMUSEMENT PARK.. BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE WAY" -NOW I WOULD BE ARRESTED-- FOR ALOT OF THINGS...
PROBLEM IS. I DON'T THINK THE "WORLD OF DOGS" COULD TAKE A TRAINING DISCUSSION.... ...... INSTEAD OF BEING A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME NEW CONCEPTS, SOMEONE WOULD PULL OUT A SOUND BYTE AND RACE AROUND FACEBOOK WITH THE "RIGHT WRONG" CONCEPT...... INSTEAD OF PULLING JEMS OF WISDOM FROM BOTH OF US.
AND WE ARE BOTH "FULL OF IT"...... SO TO SPEAK....
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I HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE... BUT I Bares re rereading...
I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 60+ years later. I don't have to go to school or work. I get an allowance every month. I have my own pad. I don't have a curfew. I have a driver's license and my own car. The people I hang around with are not scared of getting pregnant and I don't have acne. Life is great. I changed my car horn to gunshot sounds. People get out of the way much faster now. Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers. Now they drink like their fathers. I didn't make it to the gym today. That makes five years in a row. I decided to stop calling the bathroom "John" and renamed it the "Jim". I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning. Old age is coming at a really bad time. When I was a child I thought "nap time" was a punishment. Now it feels like a small vacation. The biggest lie I tell myself is... "I don't have to write that down, I'll remember it". I don't have gray hair... I have "wisdom highlights"! I'm just very wise. If God wanted me to touch my toes, He would've put them on my knees. Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven't met yet. Why do I have to press one for English when you're just going to transfer me to someone I can't understand anyway? Of course, I talk to myself. Sometimes I need expert advice. At my age "Getting Lucky" means walking into a room and remembering what I came in there for. I have more friends I should send this to, but right now I can't remember their names. Now, I'm wondering... did I send this to you, or did you send it to me?
why i can not put in a picture i do not know.
