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Waaargh!!!
Jun. 29th, 2009 03:42 pm*pant pant pant*
I've been without internet for 3 days! Utterly frustrating - especially when you run an internet shop.
But it did give me the time to read a book, watch 2 movies, go to a birthday and attend a 7 hours course of "Packbonding" with Lia.
"Packbonding"
While the theory was sound and gave me new inspiration on how to train Lia, and while the trainer and I agreed on many theoretical things, such as correcting your pet when it's deliberately disobedient*, the packbonding principle involved a significant amount of physical correction - significant, which is very surprising considering that Scandinavia is the center of modern dog training. I think it speaks volumes, when the trainer was actually snapped by one of the dogs. Lia and I tried it out a bit, but I quickly reached my domina saturation point and when Lia started to get a little upset about it as well, we called it a day. Continued the course, but used our own methods that didn't involve causing anyone pain or discomfort - that was frowned upon, but Lia is my dog and I say what she has to put up with and what not, which is actually what makes me a good packleader to her.
Also, while the trainer's dogs were obedient, they were not more obedient than I expect Lia to be once she has their age (4 years old and 6 years old) - the difference being her dogs were obedient at a much earlier age, and that she more or less dictates their whole day and controls their every move. She said it best herself, I think, when she said "my dogs are never truly given free time".
Personally, I much prefer giving my pets a little space. Yes, there are rules, yes they must be respectful and adhere to me, but I don't mind a bit of youthful exuberance or exuberance, initiative or playfulness in general. Nothing wrong with a bit of spunk, as long as it doesn't become insolence. And no, I don't believe every misstep is your pet flipping you the bird, mostly it's not fully knowing what's expected of it or simply lack of self-control.
To be fair, she did tell people to watch their dogs and never push them beyond their intimidation level, but the practise level didn't have me convinced.
C was worried that I'd made sarcastic smart-arsed comments, but I was a good girl and held back, anyway the other dog owners just had to look at the way I handled Lia to notice that I probably didn't agree 100% with the training methods shown, and Lia was actually one of the better behaved dogs there.
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* Lia gets a hard "no!" and maybe a growl from me, which does the trick.
I've been without internet for 3 days! Utterly frustrating - especially when you run an internet shop.
But it did give me the time to read a book, watch 2 movies, go to a birthday and attend a 7 hours course of "Packbonding" with Lia.
"Packbonding"
While the theory was sound and gave me new inspiration on how to train Lia, and while the trainer and I agreed on many theoretical things, such as correcting your pet when it's deliberately disobedient*, the packbonding principle involved a significant amount of physical correction - significant, which is very surprising considering that Scandinavia is the center of modern dog training. I think it speaks volumes, when the trainer was actually snapped by one of the dogs. Lia and I tried it out a bit, but I quickly reached my domina saturation point and when Lia started to get a little upset about it as well, we called it a day. Continued the course, but used our own methods that didn't involve causing anyone pain or discomfort - that was frowned upon, but Lia is my dog and I say what she has to put up with and what not, which is actually what makes me a good packleader to her.
Also, while the trainer's dogs were obedient, they were not more obedient than I expect Lia to be once she has their age (4 years old and 6 years old) - the difference being her dogs were obedient at a much earlier age, and that she more or less dictates their whole day and controls their every move. She said it best herself, I think, when she said "my dogs are never truly given free time".
Personally, I much prefer giving my pets a little space. Yes, there are rules, yes they must be respectful and adhere to me, but I don't mind a bit of youthful exuberance or exuberance, initiative or playfulness in general. Nothing wrong with a bit of spunk, as long as it doesn't become insolence. And no, I don't believe every misstep is your pet flipping you the bird, mostly it's not fully knowing what's expected of it or simply lack of self-control.
To be fair, she did tell people to watch their dogs and never push them beyond their intimidation level, but the practise level didn't have me convinced.
C was worried that I'd made sarcastic smart-arsed comments, but I was a good girl and held back, anyway the other dog owners just had to look at the way I handled Lia to notice that I probably didn't agree 100% with the training methods shown, and Lia was actually one of the better behaved dogs there.
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* Lia gets a hard "no!" and maybe a growl from me, which does the trick.
