(VICT) Re: bragging
- From: "comcast" <maureensmusic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:33:48 -0500
Hi Kitty and All
Well I don't know that you are bragging, you figured out what you can do
with your dog.
Now I have to brag, I'm so proud of my Ally. This morning I accidentally
backed my wheelchair into the box on which her food bucket is sitting. The
entire thing flipped over spilling about 10 pounds of dog food on the floor
everywhere. I called her to come twice put her in a down stay and there she
lay next to my chair surrounded by kibble for 30 minutes while my husband
cleaned up the mess. She ate perhaps 12 kibbles before she came to me.
Amazing for a lab.
Maureen
----- Original Message -----
From: "kitty hevener" <khevener@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 8:15 AM
Subject: (VICT) Re: Clicker Training at GDB
> Hi Shelly, I know they are using the gl and am really glad to see that.
> At
> an acb convention, one of their staff commented very favorably on my
> effective use of the "touch" command. He knew my dog and admitted being
> surprised at how well that command refocused her attention to me instead
> of
> the other dogs. I was the first one this staff member had seen using teh
> gl
> as well. Anyway, enough bragging, smile!! We are not perfect by any
> stretch of the imagination. But, we do work safely and effectively, and
> that's what counts.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 5:04 AM
> Subject: (VICT) Re: Clicker Training at GDB
>
>
> Hey kitty,
>
> GEB now uses the GL in their training, and are more interested in more
> positive methods.
>
> Smile.
>
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Alumni Association Board
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> Carolyn Alexander
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kitty hevener" <khevener@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 8:38 PM
> Subject: (VICT) Re: Clicker Training at GDB
>
>
> Diane, I hope you are right. When I was trained with my first guide dog
> in
> 2000, my school, geb, was not doing anything with positive training.
> Leash
> corrections were the "in thing". It went against the grain of how I ever
> interacted with a dog, and seemed counter intuitive to some of my
> educational principles. Mine were never effective as well. My dog was
> quick to pick up on that fact. After she showed me what a wild child she
> could be when we visited the vet without my trainer, I had to find another
> way cuz I was not going to give her back to the school. Her guiding was
> excellent, so was mainly dealing with behavioral issues. My vet hooked me
> up with a certified animal behaviorst and dog trainer. Was so happy to
> discover that her approach to dogs was what I had basically been doing all
> my life. She also showed me the gl (gentle leader) which is my tool of
> choice. Hopefully, when the time comes for teh next dog, I won't have to
> hastle re leash corrections and will get the positive training.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dlshotwell2" <dlshotwell2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 8:20 AM
> Subject: (VICT) Re: Clicker Training at GDB
>
>
>>>Dian, couldn't agree with you more. R u an alumni of gdb? I understand
> that they still do use leash corrections. Do you know if that is still
> true?<
> Hi Kitty,
>
> No, I am not an alumni. My interest stems from assistance dog teaching
> passion and my mothers blindness as well as involvement with members of
> Golden Paw ADC members.
>
> I am a strong advocate for positive reinforcement teaching especially in
> assistance dog teaching. I have a number of puppy raisers from TSE in the
> local chapter of Golden Paw ADC and have high hopes of them moving further
> from aversives. I understand that the example of GDB has been quite an
> example and that TSE is now working on incorporating some of this into
> their
> program...this is third hand information... but I am excited by the
> prospect.
>
> The cross over process can be just that...a process. I did speak with the
> trainer about the fact that there are still conversions in the works. The
> implementation and teaching of the puppy homes is a major step and still
> in
> the development stages...at the time I spoke to them. But this is in the
> planning.
>
> I too am a cross over trainer of almost thirty years...
> I still attach the leash to my wheelchair or belt to avoid the muscle
> trained reflex of the popping of the leash.
>
> They are innovators and will move into this process as fully as possible I
> am sure. Their courage and dedication they have shown to date has left me
> with this belief.
>
> I was told they will be adding more information to their website in the
> near
> future and I look forward to seeing that.
>
>
> Best Wishes & Wags,
> Diane & Raven
> http://AssistanceDogJournal.net
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Golden_Paw_ADC/
> "My Assistance Dog is not my whole life, but she makes my life whole" ~Me
> "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
> ~Anatole France
>
>
>
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