Scenario: In the park 6 pm,Dexter having completed -sit heel sit - very successfully (,navigating rugby ,football and tennis balls and lots of children)sitting in a long sit watching a father in the park playing badminton with his son Father: Hi how old is your dog? Me (very proud as always when Dexter is commented on 8 months Father: Arent they normally fully trained by then? Me (I'm learning......)How old is your dog? Father : Oh we haven't got one! Me: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Get on Dexter! People and their comments.....will be watching out for that particular family especially on a really hot day when the kids are cranky,maybe I will say,how old is your child?oh,don't they normally behave properly by that age! Hope that's given you all a chuckle,I'm not being so soft these days! Bye for now s
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! I've put this in the wrong place.....Dexter was behaving really well....still pulling like a train unless he is totally focused on knowing he is in a training pattern and i probably need to reduce the food rewards too but just upped his training exercises to the park so not beating myself up about it!told you ,I' changing! He he!
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! Well, at least dog owners can successfully train their dogs. I am not at all convinced that either children (or husbands!) CAN be........ jac : PS - well done ! ;D
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! love it, this as made me laugh so much...can just picture my self proud walking along and some one saying the same to me, .........well done
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! Thankyou all!!I surprised my self,usually I'm not that quick and kick myself later thinking about what I should have said! Hope you have all had a good day,ours is drawing to a close bfn
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! Oh well done to you for that reply , nice one indeed ;D ;D
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! Love the reply. I know what you mean though, I get "still training Charlie then Helen" my reply "yes still training Charlie but we will get there" whilst their dogs are so misbehaved, lunging on leads, running off and generally being a right pain. I think my reply should be "when are you starting your training?" might shut them up ;D At least we are trying. Helen x
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! [quote author=charlie link=topic=1667.msg12243#msg12243 date=1370810391] I think my reply should be "when are you starting your training?" [/quote] brilliant ;D
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! [quote author=bbrown link=topic=1667.msg12248#msg12248 date=1370810902] [quote author=charlie link=topic=1667.msg12243#msg12243 date=1370810391] I think my reply should be "when are you starting your training?" [/quote] brilliant ;D [/quote] Haha - love it too. Looking forward to the day when you and Dexter come across this man's child having a right old tanty in the playground.... Just smile serenely with a good dose of smug thrown in.
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! I know Helen........I feel there are some things that will be part of a 10 year plan in our effort to achieve them but like you say at least we are trying.Dexter can go from walking on heel like he is on the telly at Crufts( never any witnesses!) to nearly having me over at times on a walk.....( whole park full of witnesses with rolling of eyes...of course!here they are again!)however sometimes I see the old Labs in their twilight years walking along on heel because they really haven't got the energy to want to do anything else and I enjoy my boisterous ,energetic gorgeous yeller feller knowing those days will come too quickly and ill miss the wrestling matches we sometimes have to have to make progress in a straight line!
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! great response ;D lately ive had some "helpful" advise from strangers we encounter in parks etc. From one guy telling me i shouldnt not socialise her with other dogs because shes a bit nervous. Well i am IN the park where there are a few dogs so.....! And te same guy telling me she wont grow anymore. Erm...thanks for that helpful tip! :
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! They're amazing, these talented people who can do a full behavioural and physical assessment within seconds. I just don't know how they do it
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! This made me chuckle....I was in the park yesterday with my very quiet and a bit scared black lab (rescue) when he was struck from behind by two great paws belonging to another lab who rolled him over going for the jugular. I was horrified as the owner stood and called him like Barbara Woodhouse, while wearing a training whistle as a necklace. I had to pull the dogs apart & remind her that perhaps she should charge that accessory up rather than leave it all to voice! Poor Chip was mortified and I was very cross Still, her dog had to be on a lead for the remainder of its walk
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! Oh Missy,your poor dog,big fright for him......and you!dex has had a few snaps at him too,luckily nothing too serious ,but serious enough to get me doing my park ( lead)walks in trainers and not my customary flip flops.....I would never hurt a dog ever but I would not hesitate to put the boot( trainer not flip flop ;D) in to separate them when the owners stand there flapping their hands saying....'they don't normally do that!' Welcome by the way,drop us a line and tell us about your rescue lab if you get a min x
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! Oh dear - that Barbara Woodhouse could have been me! Beulah has started to ignore us when off lead so now she is on lead most of the time as I just won't risk her doing that to another dog or jumping up a human being. She has been ignoring my husband for longer (teehee I know I shouldn't laugh). We have a fenced wood in the village so we have resigned ourselves to only letting her off lead there for the short term whilst we enroll in some more classes & train her a bit more. We are working not pulling on the lead. We were advised by our puppy trainer that a harness/halti etc. will not necessarily stop the pulling & I'm trying to train her instead. Everytime she sees another dog she drags me/lurches as she wants to play - I'm hoping with more training classes she will get the message that not all dogs/people want to play. I'd just like to add I don't let her jump up people - I've had 2 different men in our village push her into a sit - I move out of their way/cross the road whilst Beulah lunges in their direction (ever hopefiul of a fuss), I finally get her attention - she is doing a sit & I'm about to click & treat her when they insist on coming over & giving her a fuss & then get cross when she jumps up! Poor thing was looking at me as if to say "Mummy why are they doing that!" I've also had one Man suggest I pull her violently back on the lead in a whipping action if she starts jumping all over the place trying to get to someone - which he demonstrated on his dog. All 3 times I was lost for words - why is it when you get home youc ome up with the perfect response!
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! Much sympathy NHM, on our walk last night I got told, by a lady who said she was a gundog trainer, that the reason Charlie jumps up is that I have no control over him at all, he is totally dominating me, and we're generally completely hopeless. She knew all of that about us just from the way Charlie bounced towards her...(he didn't even jump up because she said "no", very sensibly, and so he kept his paws on the floor).
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! Gracious me,these people!how do they think it's acceptable to lay hands on your dog?my father in law,who is actually very lovely, pulled Dexters legs from under him to make him lie down he only did it once ;D... Julie ,you've bumped into one of these helpful,knowledgeable gun dog people before haven't you ?think they all went to the same school of good manners!a horrible vet said the same thing to me once ...it was only the kindness of everybody on here that helped me overcome what could have been a massive,permanent dent in my confidence. NHM lovely to hear from you ;D x have you got your business up and running?Beulah sounds like she is doing a great job of excercising her right to be a Labrador!well done sticking with the training...are you doing Total Recall,I'd consider it you know,it really works.you are right about tools like,harnesses and head collars not fixing pulling but they can help you if you are struggling,they can help you manage a decent walk as long as you use them together with training....they helped me for sure. Best wishes Angela x
Re: Helpful observation by member of the public! It never ceases to amaze me how these 'gun dog, obedience trainers and behaviourists' have no problem at all in offering NEGATIVE advise you haven't asked for. I've said it before and I'll say it again - If they haven't got anything nice or helpful to say - SHUT THE HELL UP! Helen xx
