(VICT) Re: Off-leash?
- From: Sheila Styron <sheilastyron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:40:50 -0500
Ollie, I believe you are right regarding animals accustoming themselves
to various situations. Many in the states don't let their cats out, but
I have always allowed mine to go out, although they must spend the night
in the house for my peace of mind. I start when they are still kittens
with ever increasing increments of freedom and teach them to come home
to the calling of their name, treats, and usually an associated sound
as well. With Rocky, it's a very high tinkling bell which will carry a
long distance from my back porch.
Sheila Styron, President
Guide Dog Users, Inc.
816-363-3172
sheilastyron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 2:10 AM
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Subject: (VICT) Re: Off-leash?
Hello Sandy and list,
Yes, I've always let my dogs play off leash. I've never had any bad
experiences up to now (and on December 23 I'll celebrate forty years
since I got my first guide dog).
The best dog as far as recall goes was Nice, the first of my two
GSD's, but then she was the best guide dog I've ever had anyway... The
most difficult were Nittie (another GSD) and Pretty, but they
improved with time. Pretty learned recall with C/T, and now she's
really fantastic.
We have a place at Lake Maggiore, where we spend parto f our summer
holidays, and Pretty is really free to come and go whenever she
wants. She goes out to call her other four-legged friends, and
together they go swimming in a small stream that surrounds our back
garden - which looks like a small peninsula -, and then she runs free
in the woods on the other side ofthe stream. But whenever I call, she
comes running, never mind where she is.
It took acouple of years to get there, but now she's really reliable...
I kow the place is safe though, and that nothing can happen to her
and the other dogs, as it is a private area and it's enclosed. When we
go to the mountains, in areas where dogs can be left of
leash, I always let my dogs run freely. They never lose sight of me,
and I don't have to worry.
I suppose the more used they are to it, the less dangers they get
themselves into.
Hugs and wags,
Ollie & Pretty
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