(VICT) e: Re: ew member, introduction
- From: Jill Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:38:13 -0500
Hi Kitty, Thanks for the welcome. I need to do some alternative
training with my guide. She has been so unreliable with street
crossings that I have lost confidence in her. I always tell new
guide dog users that having confidence in your dog is essential
in order to have an effective team. When I got my first dog at
the age of seventeen and I stepped out from the start with total
confidence in my dog. I had learned from a young age that I could
trust a dog I had trained more than I could trust most people.
It is deffinitely time to change my approach with her.
I have heard good things about the Donaldson book. I have a copy
in print on my shelf. I never thought to check RFBs collection.
Thanks.
Jill
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "kitty hevener" <khevener@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date sent: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:08:31 -0800
>Subject: (VICT) Re: ew member, introduction
>Hi Jill, welcome to the group. I am a guide dog user as well.
My dog was
>trained with the traditional methods which never worked for me
and I never
>liked anyway. So have been using the gentle leader with her and
doing lots
>of positive stuff. We are not perfect, but we are good and quite
>functional. One book I highly recommend is "the culture clash"
by jeanne
>donaldson. It is available in digital format from recording for
the blind.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jill Gross" <jgross@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:46 PM
>Subject: (VICT) ew member, introduction
>Hi, my name is Jill Gross. I am very excited about joining this
>list. I have been training dogs to some degree or another since I
>was about eight years old. During my college days, I supplemented
>my income by training people's dogs in basic obedience. In recent
>years I have largely concentrated on training my own dogs. I
>would love to hear from other people who share my passion.
>I currently have six salukis and one German shepherd who is a
>guide from Fidelco. Two of my salukis are rescues and the others
>are ones that I have had since puppyhood. I show three of them in
>the conformation ring. I only began showing about two years ago
>and am fulfilling a childhood dream by doing it.
>I like the general principles behind clicker training. It is
>inevitable that, with a pack as large as mine, there are some
>occasional problems that need to be addressed. An aggression
>issue between two of my males is what initially drew my attention
>to clicker training. I was advised to read Emma Parson's "Click
>To Calm" which, unfortunately, I have yet to find in an
>accessible format. After reading "Don't Shoot the Dog", I see
>many practical applications for clicker training in my life.
>As I mentioned, I do have a guide dog. Nora is my third dog from
>Fidelco (my fourth guide). My first dog from them was absolutely
>amazing. However, their breeding program has changed
>significantly since those days and I have been very disappointed
>with my last two dogs. I am very frustrated actually. I would
>love to communicate with those of you who have trained your own
>guides or had guides trained specifically for you.
>I am quite the novice with clicker training and need to learn. If
>any of you have materials that I can read in alternative formats,
>please let me know. I have a six-month-old pup that I have just
>begun training and I would like to introduce her to the clicker.
>I am really unsure about how to start. Any and all advice would
>be greatly appreciated.
>Jill
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