(VICT) Re: Today's Training
- From: "DIANNE B. PHELPS AND PRIMROSE" <d.bphelps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 17:38:38 -0700
Karyn,
I have been following your progress with Thane though I don't often write,
but I just had to respond to this because it is awesome. I am settling a
new GDB dog in these days. Hibiscus, a beautiful yellow Lab, has been home
with me for just three weeks, and though we are having our ups and downs,
she is really doing very well. I am using both food reinforcement and
clicker with her, and I am truly impressed with how these techniques really
do work.
By the way, Primrose is still here with me and Hibiscus in her retirement
and doing well, though still just as devilish as ever.
We wish you continued success with Thane.
Dianne, Hibiscus, and Primrose
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karyn and Thane" <bcpaws4me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Vi-clicker" <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:45 AM
Subject: (VICT) Today's Training
>I hope this works. I am copying this from an entry I wrote for our training
> logs so hope it is not too disoriented, but I had to share! This was just
> an
> awesome experience today.
> --
> WOW! Thane and I did awesome together today. We walked the community, went
> downtown to the
> post office. He found the weird driveway like curb we needed on the street
> where the Medicine shoppe parking lot is located. He did the parking lot
> in
> reverse of how we usually do it and in awesome style. It felt like he was
> a
> seasoned guide dog going through it. We headed downtown past the college.
> He
> had to handle the noise of sidewalk construction on the other side of the
> road. He was just rock solid through all of that. He dealt with
> passing people on sidewalks well. Something that used to spark the *hello*
> gene in him LOL
> We were headed for the post office. I knew there was always the chance of
> denied access there since they are exempt from service dog access. I also
> knew they welcomed Met and I with open arms. Before we got there though we
> hit sidewalk construction. I have total trust in Thane. I really do know
> when he is acting up and when he is doing his job and that deviates from
> what I expect. We had to kiddycorner the sidewalk as they had cut out the
> curb area to lay a new curb cut. It would have been disastrous had I not
> trusted his judgement. Our post office in town is a hole in the wall
> literally. There are two doors you have to get through but they are not
> lined up with each other you get through one and have to immediately turn
> to
> get through the other in very confined space. I actually wanted to do the
> doors ourselves to see if we could but honestly when help was offered, I
> took it. There will be a day for us to practice doors ourselves. Thane did
> awesome in the post office. He sat beside me and everything while I paid
> to
> send something out. At the very end though when the post master said
> something to Thane, he jumped up to my lap... OK so that was not awesome
> and
> needs some work but I keep reminding myself that this is part of training.
> Its also very much a part of his character so it will take time before he
> does not automatically do that.
> On the way home Thane was awesome. There was this one area he kept turning
> his head towards me. When I did not
> acknowledge what he was trying to show me, he moved me over more and
> halted.
> It was obvious I was being told to check something out. Thane had showed
> me
> that we were near a cafe and there were tables there so we had
> narrower area of sidewalk. Sometimes he just cracks me up! Once I
> acknowledged the tables, it was guiding as normal. He did the Medicine
> shoppe parking lot with ease even with more obstacles (cars) and headed us
> towards
> home. This was just another one of those awesome experiences we have had
> working on public access.
>
> Karyn and Thane
>
>
>
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