Silas, stop your chair and wait untill shes calm and even laying down befor you signal to go. Try to keep her behind you when she moves up close gently take her slack. Most dogs catch on to wheels. It takes a week or so of consistant walks but never let them stray far or they start thinking they get to make choices. When a dog understands insurance You can let them choose.
john ----- Original Message ---- From: Silas Shelburne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: John S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:37:38 PM Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] post to quad list <!-- _filtered {font-family:Courier;panose-1:2 7 4 9 2 2 5 2 4 4;} _filtered {font-family:"Cambria Math";panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} _filtered {font-family:Tahoma;panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} _filtered {font-family:Verdana;panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} _filtered {font-family:"Century Schoolbook";panose-1:2 4 6 4 5 5 5 2 3 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin-right:0in;margin-left:4.3pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif";} 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", "serif";} span.emailstyle20 {font-family:"Arial", "sans-serif";color:navy;} span.EmailStyle200 {font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#1F497D;} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} _filtered {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.Section1 {} --> When I try walking my dog when in the wheelchair she ends up getting her toes ran over or the leash gets around the wheels. Any suggestions! Silas From: John S.[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:42 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] post to quad list I grew upin a neighborhood of dog lovers and several cops that trained dogs for policework. I don't remember food being used often. The dogs were encouraged to playwith a single toy called a "kong". Whenever the dog performed righthed get a short 30seconds of playing with his kong. After a 20 minute trainingsession it was time for yard play and morning or evening meals then a 45 minutewalk. Daily repetition and adding to each dogs skills and responsibilities madevery intuitive dogs. The reason you don't use food often when training is that many dogs associatefood 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 hereand I just play with dogs that want to at the park. (they will eat stale breadfrom 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 canplace the two together and after a day or two both will bark to go out and comein. Socializing a dog in training can increase learning a lot. yes, they canlearn bad habits so watch close. Never show affection to a dog in a hyperstate. Because your in a wheelchair many trainers would use electronic collarson larger dogs. These should be turned down after awhile and gone in a year. Ifthe dog still needs it you need a different dog. ALL DOGS BITE! Anyone that saystheir dog doesn't bite only means it probably won't. The walks are important. Do not let the dog pull the leash. Always think calmlyand never yell when a dog is close, dogs understand your moods not yourspeeches. 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 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: Lori Michaelson[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 6:32 PM To: Quad List Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] post to quad list 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 Looking for lastminute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
