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HOWEDY People,

It's all the same same same same.

In The Problem Animal Behavior BUSINESS
FAILURE MEANS DEATH. SAME SAME SAME
SAME, For The Problem Child Behavior BUSINESS.

A Dog Is A Dog As A Child Is A Child. They Respond
In Predictable Innate, Normal, Natural, Instinctive,
Reflexive, Ways, To Circumstances And Situations
Of Their Environments Which We Create For Them.

ALL BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY
MISHANDLING. Damn The Descartean War of
"Nature Vs Nurture." We Teach By HOWER Words
And Actions And GET BACK What We TAUGHT.

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress
can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
~ Mohandas Gandhi -- Adapted with permission from
his FREE copy of The Puppy Wizard's FREE WWW
Wits' End Dog Training Method manual. <} ; ~ ) >

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is
ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third,
it is accepted as being self-evident.
-Arthur Schopenhauer-

----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: "The Puppy Wizard" <ThePuppyWizard.TakeThisOut@earthlink.net>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: Wit's End

HOWEDY,

> I will say it again: Your method of training dogs is
> very intriguing.

INDEEDY. It's absolute power with no force or stress.

> When I follow your instructions correctly, and with
> a bit of thought on my part as to suitable spots for
> training with little or no distractions, my 8 month old
> GSD ends the sessions very calmly with her eyes on me.

Of course.

> When we are finished and I unhook her leash and give
> her the "free" command (fenced area), she begins to frolic,

She'll be EZ to train to jump up and give you a kiss when
you tell her free. Catch her attention with a signal for that
as she's about to bolt, and you'll have that energy put into
givin you a SMOOTCH before runnin off to play. Same
same on the return to heel. The show people call it a
flying return or sumpthin, when the dog jumps from
sit in front to heel position in the "finish." You'll get her
to leap in the air an kiss you on the way to position.

> but she soon returns to my side to follow me around the
> area--as if we are still training!

Can't beat that with a stick or shock collar.

> I practice the "sit" and "stay" command one time at
> the end of each session.

Work them while on the 4 Step Heeling Pattern Exercise.
That's your template for everything. It's got all the elements
you need built in to condition basic exercises into advanced
work, based on the practiced steps. You'll see.

> It's strange, but there is a bit of lag time between
> the time of command and when she obeys,

She may be testing you to see if she'll get a correction
or a second request. Just continue praising and watch
her tail, that's an indictor of HOWE she's thinkin abHOWET
the work. Straight HOWET means alert and relaxed, ready
for work or play.

> and in that time it sure looks to me like she is
> thinking/processing.

Yeah. Get into the work in part 2, it's quite a rush
to go through that exercise pupperly, it's tough to
do. Just remember, no pullin, no corrections, praise
in advance and with each command or sound cue.

> Very cool.

Yeah. It's the fastest, most effective, gentlest method,
in the Whole Wild World.

>

Yours, Jerry.

> The Puppy Wizard wrote:
>
> > HOWEDY,
> >
> > Good job. The Puppy Wizard is very very very HAPPY.
> >
> > Thank you for being a diligent student.
> >
> > Try to avoid goin HOWET and abHOWET till
> > you've got some good handling skills in both
> > of you. Work the H&C and FPLX till you've
> > got come down pat and he's always got WON
> > eye and WON ear on you.
> >
> > Work part 2 of the manual till you get that straight.
> > It's got everything you need for advanced work in it.
> >
> > When greeting folks on the street, follow the
> > method by addressing the first mistake, which
> > would likely be breaking the heel, by simply
> > reversing and praising and then make a left
> > turn and head straight back to where she tried
> > to break heel.
> >
> > Work her through that and use distract/praise
> > if she tries jumping when greeting people on
> > command. If you're handling her right, she may
> > not want to jump.
> >
> > Keep me posted.
> >
> > Yours, Jerry.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <>
> > To: "The Puppy Wizard" <ThePuppyWizard.TakeThisOut@earthlink.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 7:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: Wit's End
> >
> > > Hello, Puppy Wizard
> > >
> > > I trained twice today, morning and afternoon. I started
> > > each session with the Hot and Cold Exercise and followed
> > > it up with the Family Leadership Exercise. Her progress
> > > was very pleasing (so was mine).
>
> > > As we closed the afternoon session of Family Leadership,
> > > she calmly came to her sit position and gazed up at me as
> > > if to ask "now what?"
> > >
> > > Two questions:
> > >
> > > Should I avoid taking her for a neighborhood walk until
> > > she is completely conditioned to walk a 6 ft radius around
> > > me without leash tension?
> > >
> > > How should I handle the situation when she enthusiastically
> > > meets friends who don't appreciate her enthusiasm?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > > The Puppy Wizard wrote:
> > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: <>
> > > > To: <ThePuppyWizard.TakeThisOut@EarthLink.net>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 12:15 PM
> > > > Subject: Wit's End
> > > >
> > > > HOWEDY,
> > > >
> > > > > Okay, Puppy Wizard, I have given your Wit's End
> > > > > training method a preliminary try.
> > > >
> > > > EXCELLENT.
> > > >
> > > > > I have done the reading, and while I will need to
> > > > > reread it many times, I think I have a general idea
> > > > > of what you are saying. I assume that at least
> > > > > some of my dog's behavior is caused by anxiety.
> > > >
> > > > Right. All of it is attributable to anxiety and opposition.
> > > >
> > > > > (8 month old German shepherd dog, DDR)
> > > >
> > > > A dog is a dog.
> > > >
> > > > > I began by simply working with her on the leash
> > > > > and having her sit, down, and come.
> > > >
> > > > Got to start with the Hot & Cold Exercsise and
> > > > conditioning him to brief praise with every eye
> > > > contact and then do the Family Leadership
> > > > Exercise and then install the come command
> > > > as a conditioned reflex.
> > > >
> > > > > I must say that after only a couple lessons, the
> > > > > results are rather intriguing. While she does seem
> > > > > to be responding to these commands much more
> > > > > quickly and consistently,
> > > >
> > > > Probably shouldn't be working on any commands
> > > > till you've got the preliminaries and come command
> > > > perfectly installed as a conditioned reflex, cause that's
> > > > your default, should the pup fail to follow a command.
> > > >
> > > > > and while she does seem to need to be closer to me,
> > > >
> > > > Good.
> > > >
> > > > > she also exhibits a bit of "she just got her butt kicked,
> > > > > tail between her legs" attitude, which is in its own way
> > > > > as troubling to me as when I see a trainer give a severe
> > > > > correction to a dog using a prong collar.
> > > >
> > > > Right. That's cause she's thinking of commands
> > > > and sound cues as aversives.
> > > >
> > > > > What is happening?
> > > >
> > > > Tells me your timing is probably a little off.
> > > > You've got to praise the sound, not the behavior,
> > > > and not stop the dog from doin what he wants,
> > > > till you've extinguished his desire for inapupriate
> > > > behaviors.
> > > >
> > > > > scott
> > > >
> > > > Work the H&C and FPLX and come command
> > > > several times in several locations, and you'll have
> > > > those issues resolved. NEVER give a command
> > > > in a command tone, and always praise while askin
> > > > for a command, there's no pauses after saying,
> > > > "sitgoodboynicedogthat's a good fella," for example.
> > > >
> > > > Let me know if you agree and if that does the trick!
> > > >
> > > > Yours, Jerry.
> > >
>