Hi Joanne, thank you for your input, this is helpful. I am glad to hear you take them hiking.
thanks again, Anathea At 09:07 AM 10/27/01 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Anathea, >People criticize me for this, but I hike with my cavaliers frequently (not fre. >enough). I have 3 adults that I take with me, all are trained to "come" more or >less. I get back quite a bit away from the road before they can go off leash. I >call them back and reinforce with food a few times at the beginning of each >hike, so they remember. They're a joy to walk with, they stay together and run >back & front & off the sides & rarely get out of sight. And they love it more >than anything, even food. >They easily do 3-5 miles (about what I can do) in the mts. Recently had one of >them to Blue Mt in the Adirondaks. >They will go up to other hikers, I call them and leash them when someone's >approaching. >My oldest hiking dog is 7 and beginning to tire at end of hikes. I think her >hearing is not what it was, plan to try a whistle. >I never let them off leash near roads. You can't train that. >Here in NJ we have hunting from Oct 1 through Jan 31 I think, first bow, then >rifle then muzzle-loading (!) but there's no hunting on Sundays. >I'll let others address your other questions, except to say if you're having >big crowds a plastic crate is always good for when the crowd gets to be too >much, don't let anyone disturb the pup in the crate. Mine go to big gatherings >and love them. >Good luck finding a puppy! Be careful to get one that's outgoing. > >-- Joanne Opel >Kilbrook >Ringwood, NJ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >"Anathea B. Waitekus" wrote: > >How have you dealt with your Cavalier's love to run? Is there any sort of > >> training or socialization techniques that help prevent this? The running >> issue is my biggest concern. > >========================================================= >"Magic Commands": >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL >to start it up gain click here: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author. > > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
