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Czarka, CGC- UJJ Why walk when- you can run?     Barked: Tue May 21, '13 11:52am PST  You might contact Wilczek Woodworks. Charks pulls a wagon (complete with seats for the grands)... we have a Wilczek wagon and harness. They have carts for weight pulling and are quite approachable (phone or email)... as well as training materials. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Czarka, CGC- UJJ Why walk when- you can run?     Barked: Sat May 11, '13 6:05pm PST  Charka is fairly quiet. She will bark in her yard. Her bark is, like Iris', pure GSD. She does not bark at dogs on our walks... she does glance disdainfully at yapping dogs as we pass She has an excited bark she uses for training... I recognize it as her version of a high-pitched yap. High-pitched is relative... so others can get a bit nervous if they don't know Charkleberry my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > Why do trainers insist that "positive training" doesn't work?

Czarka, CGC- UJJ Why walk when- you can run?     Barked: Wed May 8, '13 12:03pm PST  @Jasper... I share hubby's view Well put. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > Ádám Miklósi interview

Czarka, CGC- UJJ Why walk when- you can run?     Barked: Wed May 8, '13 11:59am PST  Umm, Tiller... believe Miklósi uses 'dominance' as the straw man to discuss interaction derived from the cognition studies. Miklósi is one of the active players in this field. The interview is not really about dominance, but rather the nuanced approach offered by the work in cognition... IMHO. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > Ádám Miklósi interview

Czarka, CGC- UJJ Why walk when- you can run?     Barked: Tue May 7, '13 12:37pm PST  I just saw an interesting link of an interview (PBS) of Dr. Ádám Miklósi... It reminded me to mention here that the study of real dogs is now accepted as science. All of us who handle, train or just own dogs will benefit from the steps being made in canine cognition. IMHO, I believe many of us will see improvements in the way we relate to our canine partners... and how we train... IMHO, we will also continue to argue issues of training methods and dominance theory which should have died many years ago my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Czarka, CGC- UJJ Why walk when- you can run?     Barked: Thu May 2, '13 11:31am PST  I was thinking of a couple of interesting and recent books that deal with canine cognition. Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know (2010) by Alexandra Horowitz and The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think (2013) by Brian Hare are both a great foot into understanding 'dog'. Both represent where Aloff would go if she had the scientific training... she does have a book out trying to bring together canine body language and training: Get Connected with Your Dog: Emphasizing the Relationship While Training Your Dog (2008). It's not bad. The read-the-dog concepts are pretty good. Implementation of training is more one dimensional that what you are beginning to see from the cognition science. Karen Pryor's Reaching the Animal Mind: Clicker Training and What It Teaches Us About All Animals (2010) might be of interest. All of these choices go to understanding the creature more than pure mechanics... the 'wonder of dog' as it were. All can stimulate you to consider individuality of dog and the interaction/bonding with human. [BTW: Aloff's interest IS the problem children, so she has some other books out on reading/reacting to aggression. I have not read these.] my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Behavior & Training > Has an electric fence worked for you? Training advice?

Czarka, CGC- UJJ Why walk when- you can run?     Barked: Mon Apr 29, '13 1:39pm PST  First, we do not have an e-fence. Second, we have several neighbors who do. Closest neighbor has a pair of boxers; next set has older lab; furthest neighbors have younger mini poodle. All dogs are superb. We walk daily along their lines... Charks gets to learn how to stay on her side of the invisible divides too. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Sports & Agility > Funny obedience/agility stories

Czarka, CGC- UJJ Why walk when- you can run?     Barked: Fri Apr 26, '13 9:20am PST  Had Nestle, our terrier/sheltie, at an ob trial working on her UCD-X. She could be a grouch. So, it's pretty early in the a.m. and she was grumpy to be up... muttering the whole time... definitely acting like she could use another cup of coffee. OK, so we get into the ring. She's fine. We get to the drop-on-recall... recall, good; drop, good; recall... she looks at me, gets up and just walks out of the ring at a rather sedate pace back to her crate. Sigh... dog - 1, handler - 0? my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Sports & Agility > Advice for rollerblading with my hyperactive GSD

Czarka, CGC- UJJ Why walk when- you can run?     Barked: Fri Apr 26, '13 9:09am PST  All advice above is good When Charks was 2, we'd walk around 5 mi/d, go to assorted training 3 times/wk, dog park with water retrieves on Sat & Sun. Retrieves into Mississippi tired her since the current is significant In general, the more physical stuff you do, the stronger your dog will become. You've got to work on the mental as well to really tire the pup. You can incorporate ob/agility exercises into all of this. Dog-dog interactions are also exhausting. Rollerblading? I don't. I have biked using the Springer. Works fine. I don't particularly enjoy it because the amount of exercise _I_ get is nil (darn dog moves the bike at a good cruise!). BTW, Charks has a wagon and some grandkids to ride in it. THAT is serious exercise for the pup. As others are noting, for blading (or biking, or cart/wagon, or sled, or skis) you NEED to be able to command a start, a slowdown, and a stop. You also want a 'leave-it', and a right and left command... The wagon is nice because Chark immediately gets that she can't chase squirrels or interact with other dogs... she's 'on the job'. The downside to wagons is that she'd like to move at well above a human walk. Kids love it... and are constantly calling for more speed ('hup')... a short, full speed run certainly wears ME out. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Czarka, CGC- UJJ Why walk when- you can run?     Barked: Tue Apr 23, '13 11:15am PST  You lead and encourage pup (click/treat helps). So, swiffer falls. The human takes the lead and approaches. You touch it. The encourage pup to approach you. Click/treat an approach (you are still touching the offending object). Repeat (touch, encourage, click/treat) until you can get put to dog touch the evil object. Go slow and easy. You need to work this as team. Human half is demonstrating their support as much as lack of fear my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

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