Bloodhounds

[PeppyGPhiB]

Oh yeah, most of them hate it at first...scrape their face on the ground and try to get it off with their feet. Eventually they get used to it, though, if you use it every time with the leash.

The dog whisperer stuff really isn't news to people that understand dog behavior. Actually, puppies act a lot like children. It's important for the handler/parent to be the one in control, showing how to do something, giving clear instruction and praise, and correcting a bad behavior until the puppy/child knows it's "this way or the highway." A lot of dog owners don't realize they're rewarding bad behavior, or they say "No!" or "Bad!" one time instead of taking the time to show the good behavior, which just teaches the dog that it can get away with whatever it wants. Anyone that has a well-trained dog will tell you that a lot of repetition is involved.

A good book for dog owners: http://www.amazon.com/Art-Raising-Pu...e=UTF8&s=books

[PeppyGPhiB]

If anyone is interested in the organization I volunteer with, it's Canine Companions for Independence (CCI - www.cci.org). It has chapters all over the country, and we're always looking for more puppy raisers. It's a wonderful experience from beginning to end, and we've had a lot of families with kids do it up here in the Seattle area. I've also seen a lot of people do it before they get a dog of their own, either as a way to learn about dog training or to help them decide which type of dog to get.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

If anyone is interested in the organization I volunteer with, it's Canine Companions for Independence (CCI - www.cci.org). It has chapters all over the country, and we're always looking for more puppy raisers. It's a wonderful experience from beginning to end, and we've had a lot of families with kids do it up here in the Seattle area. I've also seen a lot of people do it before they get a dog of their own, either as a way to learn about dog training or to help them decide which type of dog to get.

Great organization. My friend, who has MS, has her second CCI dog now and works to do a lot of fundraising for CCI. I haven't met her new dog, but her first one was amazing. He could pull her motorized wheelchair if it ran out of juice. He could get her coin purse out of her purse and give it to a cashier at the store. Then the cashier would get out the correct money and hand it back to him and he would put back in the purse and then take the bag of stuff she had bought to carry it. He could open her fridge for her with a rope. It was truly amazing to watch.