(VICT) Re: Happy 4th of July
- From: "kitty hevener" <khevener@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 10:55:26 -0400
Ann, congrats on your new clicker training facility. I have a hunch that
once things get going, you will find that the joys of clicker training
horses will lour you away from teaching children smile! All the best.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Edie" <annedie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 5:59 AM
Subject: (VICT) Re: Happy 4th of July
> Hi, Christy and Everyone,
>
> Happy Independence Day to you also!
>
> Panda and I are still here and doing fine, although very busy. Panda is
> now
> 10-and-a-half years old and she has been guiding me for 8 years now. She
> just gets sweeter and more lovable with each passing year, and more
> confident and settled as a guide. She is still eager to go out and do new
> things, and our communication is more intuitive than ever. And perhaps
> the
> most wonderful part of having Panda, a guide horse, is that, at ten years
> old, she is just coming into her prime, and she will be able to continue
> learning and growing as a companion and guide for decades yet to come.
>
> What a great reason to celebrate Independence!
>
> In the meantime, I am still working full-time as a teacher, although I did
> seriously think about retiring after the end of this past school year. It
> was a hard year schedule-wise and with too much new paperwork and travel
> between students. But I decided to stick it out for another year or
> several. At the same time, my friend Alexandra Kurland and I, along with
> another clicker training friend, have finally realized our dream of buying
> a
> piece of property and building a barn and riding arena for our own equine
> clicker training center! Actually, the barn and arena are still in the
> process of being built. But today, Independence Day, is moving day for
> Alex's 2 horses and my 3 horses, from the boarding barn where they have
> been
> living for the past decade or more, to the new clicker center, which is
> still only about a 10-minute car ride from my home, although not within
> walking distance, as the old barn was. The 3 horses of our other friend
> are
> already in residence on the property. We'll be roughing it for a while
> until all the amenities are completed, but it will eventually allow us to
> hold clicker training clinics in our own facility and to bring in any
> guest
> trainers, educators, and presenters whose philosophies complement ours and
> whose work we want to explore ourselves and offer to others. It is an
> exciting and much-anticipated step into the future for us!
>
> I hope all of you have special reasons to celebrate independence this day,
> whether it is travel independence with your guides, or independence from
> force-based training methods or from the "correction" mindset--or all of
> the
> above! Happy Independence Day to All!
>
> Best,
> Ann
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christy Hill" <care4k9@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 1:17 AM
> Subject: (VICT) Happy 4th of July
>
>
>> Hi everyone. It has been such a logn time since I've seen anyone
>> post
>> here, I thought I would drop in and say hello. I hope all your pooches
>> can
>> handle the loud noises of 4th of July and they enjoy the excitement.
>>
>> THe only thing I have been doing is still doing precision training
>> with competition obedience. I"m progressing quite well. Keeping true to
>> the science of clicker training and how I learned it, the best I could,
>> I"m doing the best I can. I guess it is working and hope to be showing
>> thing. That will be the real proof in the puding if I really do succeed.
>> NOthing like something to test or check your training ability right?
>> Mickey does really well with distractions as a service dog, but when it
>> comes toparks, many dogs and the likes under a different setting,
>> distractions with Mickey is a challenge. So, in this type of environment,
>> my training is put to the test again. Shape and reinforce for attention.
>> My biggest challenge is to let it go. Meaning if Mickey is not engaged to
>> do obedience stuff, I drop the criteria way down and work on attention. I
>> tend to jump too far ahead and wonder why isn't he doing it? Then I hit
>> the palm on my head and go duh, remember your basics of
>> training and I"m on my way again to success.
>>
>> I hope all of you are odiong well and having fun out there. Have a
>> safe and wonderful 4th of July.
>>
>> Christy Hill
>> (Obedience - New)
>> Mickey - CGC
>> Divine - Graduated from Hearing Dog Program www.hearingdogprogram.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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