(VICT) Re: Thane Turns 1!
- From: "Ann Edie" <annedie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:55:48 -0500
Hi, Karyn,
Congratulations on Thane's first birthday!
And it sounds as if both you and he are doing great work and that you will
be a fine team!
Enjoy the process. It sometimes seems to be going slowly. But when you
look back a year from now, you probably will be surprised and very pleased
at how far you've come together.
Best,
Ann
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karyn and Thane" <bcpaws4me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Vi-clicker" <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 7:49 PM
Subject: (VICT) Thane Turns 1!
> My baby boy is growing up very fast! Since Thane has been in my life, I
> have
> watched this slender rambunctuous puppy develop into a beautiful dog. He
> no
> longer looks or feels like a puppy- he is filling out and learning how to
> take on the world.
> I am mindful today of the fact that Thane never would have been possible
> if
> it were not for that final act Met gave to me, showing me it was time to
> go.
> When it happened and even still in moments- I was devastated. My ears,
> eyes,
> hands and feet died when he did
> but today as I finished up my first attempt at a harness for Thane, I was
> truly mindful of the wonderful gift I was given through Thane. It snowed
> last night so we were pretty much stuck indoors today- but with new toys
> Thane did fine. It is so fun to play with him but I gotta say that
> sometimes
> I just get beyond pooped. He plays ball as if he is the goalie protecting
> the net. It's rather funny.
> I got him a wonderful tug at Sitstay.com with the hopes it would help us
> work on tugging that could later be transferred to skills such as closing
> the door, opening the fridge, helping me undress but Thane has no idea how
> to tug! Oh fun! Another Met I see. Met had a friend's service dog to show
> him how that was done. We won't have that this time around so I am going
> to
> have to learn how to teach him to tug... Smile
> He is really ball obsessed so I was thinking of trying to find something
> with a ball on the end that hopefully does not include rubber also since I
> can not handle that.
> Thane's LLW leaves much to be desired but I keep reminding myself *baby
> steps* He does so well with finding normal curb cuts (not driveways yet)
> Sometimes we have to use driveways to get up and down off of sidewalks.
> One
> thing I like about Thane is he does not try and walk me down the middle of
> the road. He is at about a 90% success rate on finding curbs though. The
> only misses are under distractions. For a dog who has only been training
> for
> 2 1/2 months I feel really confident about him.
> I have not had any other bark situations occur or any signs of unease by
> him
> so I am just not gonna worry about that incident unless it begins
> happening
> again. If anything Thane loves people to a fault. It will be a lot of work
> to keep him from becoming distracted by people but I am up for the job- or
> at least I think I am.
> He is alerting me to the door now when he hears the vibrator. I set the
> d-b
> pager on a surface that it makes a noise for him and he responds to it
> everytime.
> We had a wonderful day today playing with Wiggly Giggly though- everydog
> should have a Wiggly Giggly! Unlike Met, Thane is not amused by snow! LOL
>
> Karyn and Thane
>
>
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