I'm one of the silent lurkers how pick up great advice from the regulars.
Through various training classes, books, website, and you I've picked up a
few major rules:

1. Accept that your dog is a dog (not a human).
2. Consitency is key.
3. Work with what they know.
4. Catch them the moment they disobey, or doesn't count.

But tell me, what do you tell yourself when you are visiting someone whose
behaviour regarding their dog doesn't seem to follow these basic idea?

I had dinner at someone's house where they expect the dog to stay in one
spot in a chair for over an hour on the outside deck. I don't think that
the dog has been even trained to hold a stay for longer than 10 minutes.
Consequently every time the dog came out of the stay the guy would leave the
dinner table go out to the deck and consequently lecture the dog. During
this the dog is cowering away from the guy.

I feel a bit because I don't feel I can actually do anything. I have my own
dog which is currently doing well (agility class once per week) and adding a
second dog would not be fair to each either dog (my husband and I have odd
work schedules). What do you guys do or tell yourself when this happens? I
ended up leaving early because "if I can't say anything nice, don't say
anything at all" and it was getting difficult to not say anything at all.

Any advice is welcome!


T. Stewart

P.S. My dog, Bacchus (English Pointer), is growing up great, but it is very
to work on agility training with a bird dog when some pigeons have gotten
into the barn!

"T. Thompson" said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

But tell me, what do you tell yourself when you are
visiting someone whose behaviour regarding their dog
doesn't seem to follow these basic idea?

I tell myself to shut up. We all have different goals and
different concepts as to how to achieve them with our dogs.
Look back to your point #2.

If someone is totally clueless and may cause harm to their dog
or someone involved with the dog, especially a child, I
certainly speak up.

You bring up some things very important. For one, if I disagree
with your training methods, should I call the cops? This is a
good topic for discussion.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

On 2008-05-11 22:31:52 -0400, Rocky said:

I tell myself to shut up. We all have different goals and
different concepts as to how to achieve them with our dogs.

Me, too. If someone asks me something, I'll talk about what we do.

Our dogs are really well behaved (for the most part) according to our
standards and wishes. Someone else's milage may vary.

On May 11, 10:10*pm, "T. Thompson" wrote:
I'm one of the silent lurkers how pick up great advice from the regulars.
Through various training classes, books, website, and you I've picked up a
few major rules:

1. Accept that your dog is a dog (not a human).
2. Consitency is key.
3. Work with what they know.
4. Catch them the moment they disobey, or doesn't count.

But tell me, what do you tell yourself when you are visiting someone whose
behaviour regarding their dog doesn't seem to follow these basic idea?

I had dinner at someone's house where they expect the dog to stay in one
spot in a chair for over an hour on the outside deck. *I don't think that
the dog has been even trained to hold a stay for longer than 10 minutes.
Consequently every time the dog came out of the stay the guy would leave the
dinner table go out to the deck and consequently lecture the dog. *During
this the dog is cowering away from the guy.

I feel a bit because I don't feel I can actually do anything. *I have my own
dog which is currently doing well (agility class once per week) and adding a
second dog would not be fair to each either dog (my husband and I have odd
work schedules). *What do you guys do or tell yourself when this happens? *I
ended up leaving early because "if I can't say anything nice, don't say
anything at all" and it was getting difficult to not say anything at all.

Any advice is welcome!

T. Stewart

P.S. *My dog, Bacchus (English Pointer), is growing up great, but it is very
to work on agility training with a bird dog when some pigeons have gotten
into the barn!

I have to agree with the other posts. My girls are very well
behaved. It is hard to tell someone else. Maybe if they see how good
your dog is they will ask for advice.

Jan
Specializing in Pet Portraits
http://www.thefineartcafe.com

"T. Thompson" wrote in message
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I'm one of the silent lurkers how pick up great advice from the regulars.
Through various training classes, books, website, and you I've picked up a
few major rules:

1. Accept that your dog is a dog (not a human).
2. Consitency is key.
3. Work with what they know.
4. Catch them the moment they disobey, or doesn't count.

But tell me, what do you tell yourself when you are visiting someone whose
behaviour regarding their dog doesn't seem to follow these basic idea?

I had dinner at someone's house where they expect the dog to stay in one
spot in a chair for over an hour on the outside deck. I don't think that
the dog has been even trained to hold a stay for longer than 10 minutes.
Consequently every time the dog came out of the stay the guy would leave
the dinner table go out to the deck and consequently lecture the dog.
During this the dog is cowering away from the guy.

I feel a bit because I don't feel I can actually do anything. I have my
own dog which is currently doing well (agility class once per week) and
adding a second dog would not be fair to each either dog (my husband and I
have odd work schedules). What do you guys do or tell yourself when this
happens? I ended up leaving early because "if I can't say anything nice,
don't say anything at all" and it was getting difficult to not say
anything at all.

Any advice is welcome!


T. Stewart

P.S. My dog, Bacchus (English Pointer), is growing up great, but it is
very to work on agility training with a bird dog when some pigeons have
gotten into the barn!


Hunting dog rule #1: it is impossible to teach a bird dog anything when it
is in the presence of a bird.
Cj