(VICT) Re: other dogs question
- From: "Martha Harris" <latinanewschic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:11:22 -0400
Hi Ann,
I will try, but the volunteers are always changing. There are people who
feed, groom, clean up ETC, but the dog walkers are just other people. You
don't even have to make an appointment; you can just drive there and ask if
you can walk or play with the dogs and cats, and they let you pick.
I really want to do clicker basic skills with the dogs. I did clicker with
my guide to get better sit, down, and not pulling on the leash because when
she wasn't in harness, she pulled really hard.
One of my friends is going to go with me, so I am going to teach her clicker
stuff too.
I have read The Culture Clash, Getting Started Clicker training, Don't Shoot
the dog, and a book by Pam Denison, but i don't remember. Are there any
other books that I could read? What if the shelters have the dogs on chain
collars? Do you think I should just put the leash on the dead ring? I don't
want to accidentally pull on them, since it is still a reflexive action
sometimes.
Thanks for the help,
Martha
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Edie" <annedie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 1:14 AM
Subject: (VICT) Re: other dogs question
> Hi, Martha,
>
> Teaching shelter dogs basic companion skills is a great idea. It makes
> the
> dogs that much more adoptable. And teaching the skills with the clicker
> will be a real time saver for the volunteers and a true life saver for
> some
> of the dogs. For many of them, it will be the first time any human spoke
> to
> them in a way that they could understand, and a way that recognized their
> intelligence and showed some respect for their wants and needs. So, go
> for
> it! And I hope that you are going to teach the other volunteers to
> clicker
> train as well.
>
> The little dog training guide which we have recently been talking about
> here
> would be a good tool for the volunteers to use while training the dogs.
> It's concise and covers the basics of what a pet dog needs to know. You
> will have to teach the volunteers how to introduce clicker training to the
> dogs and give them the basics of the science of operant conditioning.
> Sandy
> Foushee's Basic Clicker Training lessons from this list's archives is a
> great resource for this training too.
>
> Have fun, and let us know how it goes.
>
> Best,
> Ann
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martha Harris" <latinanewschic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 10:44 PM
> Subject: (VICT) other dogs question
>
>
>> Hi everyone,
>> I am a college student, and I joined a community service fraternity,
>> alpha
>> fi omega. We need 30 service hours for our group, and one of the places
>> we
>> go is the local SPCA. Most of these dogs have no training. They don't
>> know
>> sit or down, and they definitely don't know how to walk nicely on leash
>> because all of the people who went yesterday gave up after 15 minutes and
>> just let the dogs run because their arms hurt from their pulling.
>> I was thinking of doing clicker training with the dogs to teach them,
>> sit,
>> down, heal on leash and maybe some other basic obedience stuff, so their
>> new people won't have a hard time and the pvolunteers can walk easier. Do
>> you think this would help, or is it a bad idea?
>> Thanks,
>> Martha
>>
>
>
>
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