[ SHOWGSD-L ] The single most important thing - back to basics.
- From: InquestGSD@xxxxxxx
- To: uwish@xxxxxxxxxx, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:42:52 EDT
Oh Barbara...........how right you are.
We started in obedience. My brother is a GREAT trainer. He just has "it". I
can hold my own, but he makes it all look so easy. So I let the air out of
his bike tires........hehehe.
We have always trained our dogs. Even if not for competition, they need to
be easy to live with. That's what I tell people when they ask me how we live
with 2 or 3 males at a time. They know better. We don't even own kennels,
they live in the house. 2 miles in the morning, and 1 more in the evening,
every day.. (that's the entire park in the morning and half the park at
nite).
We have had a few dogs over for "attitude adjustment" that in reality only
needed lots of excersice, attention and discipline. What a concept.
Now, the poodle........bless her heart........but she is cute.......LOL
Ileana
In a message dated 7/16/2008 10:32:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
uwish@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
I only own three GS bitches and believe me, that's enough. My girls are
a lot of work, especially the two younger ones. They are definitely my
"wild children." I got to thinking the other day.......I feed my dogs
the best food I can buy (Eagle Brand Holistic) they get the top of the
line supplement (Vibrant Pets), they sleep in the house at night, they
have plenty of toys to play with and many bones to chew. They are all
loved very much. But something, I felt was missing. What was it? What
my dogs were missing was TIME! I chose to share my life with one of the
most intelligent breeds of dogs. Now my older bitch, I put a lot of
time into. She was very easy to train and knows many obedience
commands. She's easy to live with (although whiny). And the reason
she's easy to live with is because she is trained. Her two daughters
are the wildest dogs I've every owned. However, unlike their mother,
they are not trained, (well except they know the command sit because
they'll get a treat). But that's it! Otherwise, they do exactly what
they want to do. So I've decided in order for me to live a peaceful
existence with my dogs, they must be "good citizens." I think a trained
dog is a enjoyable dog to live with. Many times I hear, "Oh he's so
wild" when someone talks about their dog. He's only wild because we
have allowed them to be that way. I think the single most important
thing we can do for our dogs besides giving them good care and love is
to train them. It makes the owners happier and believe it or not, it
makes the dog happier. He no longer is being screamed at for all the
bad things that he does. When we use our brains to make sure our GS's
are using theirs, we co-exist in a peaceful environment. So to "boot"
camp my doggies will go. Oh, I'm so looking forward to seeing all my
black and blues.......
..............Best, Barbara
Ileana
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