I grew up in a neighborhood of dog lovers and several cops that trained dogs for police work. I don't remember food being used often. The dogs were encouraged to play with a single toy called a "kong". Whenever the dog performed right hed get a short 30seconds of playing with his kong. After a 20 minute training session it was time for yard play and morning or evening meals then a 45 minute walk. Daily repetition and adding to each dogs skills and responsibilities made very intuitive dogs. The reason you don't use food often when training is that many dogs associate food with being good instead of doing it for love from his master. I'm not saying you can't do it how your doing it since I can't keep a dog here and I just play with dogs that want to at the park. (they will eat stale bread from a stranger if you train them food is love.) Dogs learn from each other so if you have a dog that barks to go potty you can place the two together and after a day or two both will bark to go out and come in. Socializing a dog in training can increase learning a lot. yes, they can learn bad habits so watch close. Never show affection to a dog in a hyper state. Because your in a wheelchair many trainers would use electronic collars on larger dogs. These should be turned down after awhile and gone in a year. If the dog still needs it you need a different dog. ALL DOGS BITE! Anyone that says their dog doesn't bite only means it probably won't. The walks are important. Do not let the dog pull the leash. Always think calmly and never yell when a dog is close, dogs understand your moods not your speeches.
good luck with your dog, john ----- Original Message ---- From: Merrill Burghardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 3:37:15 PM Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] post to quad list <!-- v\:* { } v\:* { } _filtered {font-family:Tahoma;panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} _filtered {font-family:"Century Schoolbook";panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} _filtered {font-family:Verdana;panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} p {margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.EmailStyle20 {font-family:Arial;color:navy;} _filtered {margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {} --> p.MsoNormal {margin-left:4.3pt;} The lap is how I do it. Also a stick treat if you do not mind it in your mouth. I imagine a large PEZ dispenser. Mb From: LoriMichaelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 6:32PM To: Quad List Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] post to quadlist Error! Cannot read or display file.Error! Cannot read or display file. I am a retriever lover. In my experience... they are mellow. :-). I had two black Labrador retrievers in the early 90s. Anyway, I am one who has trained my current Golden Retriever to do things for me. I cannot use my fingers (and barely my hands) either and have little arm movement. What I did was use a lap tray and have the sliced-up treats on it. Then, after the correct performance, I pushed one of the treats off of my lap tray with my arm/hand for the reward. I learned how to use clicker training and it is the most widely used type of training nationwide or worldwide today. Do a search on "clicker training" and you will see why and how! That is... if you are not already using it. Your husband sounds like she is of great support to you of like mine is. Is he your primary caregiver? Lori Michaelson Age - 43 C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post. Motor vehicle accident. Tucson, AZ -------Original Message------- From: Maria Date: 3/9/2008 6:18:40 PM To: Raúl Rebollo; [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] post to quad list Hey Everybody -- thanks for the welcome. I am 42 years old and a C5/6 complete quadriplegic due to a car accident in a wind storm. In December of 2000, the top part of a tree broke off and fell on our minivan while we were driving about 35 or 40 miles an hour on a back road. Wrong place at the wrong time. My husband and I both broke our necks and had surgery to get them fused. There was more damage to my side of the van, which left me a quadriplegic. My husband fortunately did not have any permanent damage. I have movement of my arms, but no finger movement. We are in the midst of training our three-month old AKC yellow lab, which we got when she was seven weeks old. My husband is doing a great job with her. She was the youngest and most mellowest of the whole litter and should be around 60 pounds or so full-grown. Everyone that knows Labs says that she is not a lab because she is so mellow. She is potty trained and sleeps in a kennel during the night. Has anyone out there trained their dogs to do things for them? I still need to find a way to be able to give her treats. Any suggestions? Nice to Be on Board -- :-) Maria On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Raúl Rebollo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Maria. You can post and can write us about your injury, accident. I hope as soon as possible you can participe as all ours. bye Yahoo! Encuentros Ahora encontrar pareja es mucho más fácil, probá el nuevo Yahoo! Encuentros. Visitá http://yahoo.cupidovirtual.com/servlet/NewRegistration ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
