(VICT) Re: Harness-Ridge Thankyou
- From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 16:48:43 -0800
Sounds like Clyde is doing beautifully. What a good boy. I so hope =
your
club is able to stay afloat. Yikes!
I tend to take Karyn's approach to introducing new work gear or -- =
anything
else that makes Mitsy uncomfortable. With the harness -- and now with =
the
Halti -- I have her wear it out the first few times on a fun trip, =
starting
with a walk straight to the park and some good play. Then on an errand =
or
two on the way to the park, etc. She's pretty funny aobut the Halti. =
She's
good, if unenthusiastic, about letting me put it on but very dramatic =
about
trying to paw it off her face. I distract her, then treat her when she
settles down. She wore it without a leash attached on the way to the =
park
and seemed to forget about it once we got going. I had her touch it =
before
we got ready to go home and gave her a treat.
Keep up the good work, and good luck with the club and lessons!
Tami Smith-Kinney
-----Original Message-----
From: vi-clicker-trainers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vi-clicker-trainers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ridge =
Euler
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 7:28 AM
To: vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: (VICT) Re: Harness-Ridge Thankyou
your welcome Karyn. =20
I have moved on to the nylon service dog harness from Bridgeport. I can
attach my side bags on it and keep things like my hearing aide =
batteries,
Clyde's seat belt, and some chews for Clyde in them. I can also carry =
the
ID I got from activedogs.com in the widow for it. I know we don't need =
ID's
but it was so much easier when I had Buckley and the program issued an =
ID
for us that I wanted the same thing for Clyde. it has Clyde's picture =
on it
and the ADA, DOT and FAA laws and numbers on the back. I also carry =
these
cards that say the ADA info on them and that if the person questioning =
has
asked for papers or ID then it is against the law. =20
I have noticed that Clyde doesn't like putting a harness on.... I have =
to
say in a firm voice "Clyde come" and he will but I wish he would get =
into it
without problems. I give him a treat when we are done. is there any
suggestions on how I can get him to like it?? =20
Clyde is doing better on heeling. he doesn't lag behind that much now. =
he
sits 100% of the time and downs 100%. now we have to start working on
stays. class starts on the 17th but if we have a head start then we =
will be
able to pass the CGC the first time through. =20
there has been talk of the Rochester Dog Obedience Club shutting down =
due to
lack of interest in club members. we are a non-profit club and I am a =
board
member . I have helped classes for several years and run the table for =
sign
up and getting people ready for class. this means no more free classes =
for
me if we shut down and the only person around that does clicker training
besides the board are $90.00 for a 6 week coarse. to much for me. I =
only
get $650.00 a month and that goes for rent and utilities and food. =20
enough babbling , Ridge and Clyde SDiT
----- Original Message -----=20
From: bcpaws4me<mailto:bcpaws4me@xxxxxxxxxxx>=20
To: Vi-clicker<mailto:vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>=20
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 12:51 PM
Subject: (VICT) Harness-Ridge Thankyou
I just got the Premier 5 point harness today for Thane. He has been a =
bit=20
under the weather (runs) so we are not training much now until his =
tummy=20
settles but I wanted to thankyou for your input on this harness. It =
really
looks like its gonna be the perfect solution- of course adjusting it o =
na=20
dog who I still have not taught to stand on command is quite the =
tricky=20
thing... why oh why does he think he should lay down and roll over LOL
I'm just being silly by that comment. I got a bunch of other training=20
materials today as well so we hopefully will begin to make progress =
once
his=20
tummy settles better... No more Bully Bites for Thane!
Karyn and Thane=20
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