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Originally posted by Judi W:
<STRONG> We even have Chows moving happily and briskly for heaven's sake,...</STRONG>
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That makes me smile! :D
And the rest of your post is, IMO, excellent too!
NOTE: The following is not directed at the original poster but at people I have had personal experience with.
It drives me WILD when people expect thier dogs to be interested in them when they are quite frankly BOOOOORRRRIIIING! Or when the human "begs" for the dog's attention. "Buffy. Buffy. BUFFY! BUUUUUFFFFYYYYYY!!!!!" followed by "SEE? She'll listen to you, but she WON'T listen to me!"
People! :D MOVE AROUND! :D Be INTERESTING! :D Provide some good quality motivators and stop being wishy washy!
Sometimes when I am teaching a group class, I feel like a standup comic in a tough room. I have been known to do some pretty goofy stuff to get the humans up off thier butts and excited about thier training. Oh, no chairs in the classroom? Well that would be because I have never successfully trained a dog while sitting in a chair. I have been accused of teaching "aerobic dog training"....Well? GOOD! At least the dogs don't have the life bored out of them! :p