(VICT) Re: Dolores and Cali's blog
- From: "Mona" <mramouni@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:02:38 -0400
Rox,
Thanks so much for the encouragement and good wishes. I'm so excited about
this whole adventure that sometimes, I wake up in the middle of the night
and just think about it. It doesn't seem to be real. Cali will open up so
many doors for me, and I can't wait!
Take care.
Mona
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Pawpower Pack" <pawpower@xxxxxxx>
To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 4:58 PM
Subject: (VICT) Re: Dolores and Cali's blog
> Mona and Dolores,
>
> I'm really enjoying your blog. It's so great to see other guide animals
> being trained strictly using the clicker from day one.
>
> Laveau, my lab Doberman mix is my first dog to be trained with the clicker
> from the ground up. Mill'E, my six-year-old golden is my "crossover dog."
>
> I've been working with Laveau for three months now and have really enjoyed
> our training. It is so much less stressful and doesn't carry as much
> negative emotional baggage for both of us, than training the old way.
> Laveau is a relaxed, eager, confident guide. If she makes a mistake, she
> views it as something to learn from not a big bad thing.
>
> We have begun working on her retrieve. Laveau is from a shelter and we
> don't know much about her "past life."
>
> She is very hesitant about putting objects other than *toys* in her mouth
> so
> I think this is going to go slowly, but I think eventually we'll get
> there.
>
> Congratulations to you both and I wish you nothing but the best in the
> training ahead.
>
>
>
> Rox and the "Kitchen Bitches"
> Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD, and Laveau SDIT
> " A teacher can only lead you to the threshold of your own mind." --
> Kahlil
> Gibran
> pawpower@xxxxxxx
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>
>
>
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