How to train older dog to poop on puppy sheet?

HOWEDY robin,

"Robin" <robinxjoy.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> I adopted an approx 10 year old cockapoo 7 mos ago.

"Leah" <dfrntdrums.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >Robin robinxjoy.DeleteThis@yahoo.com wrote:
> >Thanks Leah, I'll let you know what happens.

BWEEEEEEAAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

> With rare exception, she never pees in the house,
> and has never pooped in the house. With that said,
> she never lets me know when she has to go, so I
> take her out 4 times (or more) per day, and that seems
> to be working ok.

Right.

"Leah" <dfrntdrums.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >Robin robinxjoy.DeleteThis@yahoo.com wrote:
> >Thanks Leah, I'll let you know what happens.

> The problem - she's afraid of rain, even sprinkles,
> and won't go out at those times. She doesn't go to
> the bathroom in the house, she just holds it until
> there's a break in the weather, which so far has
> been by the next morning.

That's pretty NORMAL. Try goin for a nice walk in the rain.

> I've tried everything I can think of

"Leah" <dfrntdrums.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >Robin robinxjoy.DeleteThis@yahoo.com wrote:
> >Thanks Leah, I'll let you know what happens.

> to encourage her to go on the sheets they
> use to help housebreak puppies.

BWEEAAAHAHAHHAAAA!!!

Try takin IT for a nice walk to the sheets and
ask to relieve herself. Try using The Amazing
Puppy Wizard's Peeing Squeeky Toy Technique.
It's the SAME SAME SAME SAME technique
Dr. Phil uses to HOWEsbreak children IN WON DAY.

BWEEEEEEAAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

Or ask leah:

"Leah" <dfrntdrums.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >Robin robinxjoy.DeleteThis@yahoo.com wrote:
> >Thanks Leah, I'll let you know what happens.

BWEEEEEAAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

> I have put grass, and foliage on the pads, I
> have sprinkled some urine scented substance
> purchased at the pet store for training puppies
> where to go, but she will not even consider this
> sheet an option. I have placed it inside the house,
> but also, on the front porch which is covered and
> the covered balcony in back, but no luck.

Dog trainin AIN'T LUCK. "Luck is for SUCKERS,"
The Puppy Wizard's DADDY.

> I don't want her to feel the discomfort of having
> to hold it in for such a long period of time.

Well then, just FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS
in your FREE copy of The Amazing Puppy Wizard's
FREE WWW Wits' End Dog Training Method Manual
and ASK The Amazing Puppy Wizard if you need
any additional FREE heelp.

> Is there any technique I can use so she will
> feel comfortable to go on this sheet?

Yeah. You could TRAIN her in WON DAY if
you had the INTELLECT to HOWEtwit the
cunning of the domestic puppy dog after
The Amazing Puppy Wizard and all HIS 100%
CONSISTENTLY NEARLY INSTANTLY
SUCCESSFUL FREE WWW Wits' End Dog
Training Method Manual Students all over
the Whole Wild World told you HOWE they
done it EZ GENTLY NEARLY INSTANTLY
and FOR FREE, to boot.

> I don't know what her life was like before I adopted her,

That's IRRELEVENT. The Amazing Puppy Wizard
would BET HIS LIFE she had RAIN in her past.

> and if and how she might have been punished for
> going in the house, which I feel might be the issue.

No. That's IDIOCY. The dog is afraid of RAIN, not PAIN.

> In my home, I never raise my voice, all communication
> is gentle, soft and quiet, respectful and sensitive to her
> personality.

That so? HOWE COME you'd post here to
proven lying dog abusing punk thug cowards
and active long term incurable MENTAL CASES?

> No harshness whatsoever.

"BIRDS OF A FEATHER," The Puppy Wizard's DADDY.

> I know she trusts me now,

This got NUTHIN to do with TRUST. Your dog hates gettin WET.

> but if there was prior abuse in
> connection to where she would go,

FORGET ABHOWET IT.

DOGS HATE GETTIN WET.

> it would be helpful to know what technique
> might help her feel safe in regard to using
> this puppy pad.

You could WALK her in the RAIN and she'd
GET USED TO IT. Or you could TRAIN her
if you had the INTELLECT to HOWEtwit the
cunning of the domestic puppy dog after The
Amazing Puppy Wizard told you HOWE to
do it EZ GENTLY NEARLY INSTANTLY and
FOR FREE, to boot.

> Thx,

"Leah" <dfrntdrums.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >Robin robinxjoy.DeleteThis@yahoo.com wrote:
> >Thanks Leah, I'll let you know what happens.

> Robin

THAT'S what happens when you follow
the advice of lying dog abusing punk thug
cowards and active long term incurable
MENTAL CASES.

From: TooCool (larrymale@hotmail.com)

The Puppy Wizard's Wits End Training Method

I have studied canine behavior and dog training for
years. I have a huge library that covers every system
of training.

The Puppy Wizard's (Jerry Howe's) Wits' End Training
Method is by far the most scientific, the most advanced,
the kindest, the quickest and the most effective training
method yet discovered.

It is not an assortment of training tips and tricks; it
isa
logically consistent system. Every behavior problem
and every obedience skill is treated in the same
logically consistent manner.

Please study his manual carefully. Please endeavor to
understand the basis of his system and please follow
his directions exactly. His manual is a masterpiece.
It is dense with theory, with explanation, with detailed
descriptions about why behavior problems occur and
how their solution should be approached.

One should not pick and choose from among his methods
based upon what you personally like or dislike. His is not
a
bag of tricks but a complete and integrated system for not
only training a dog but for raising a loving companion.

When I once said to Jerry that his system creates for
you the dog of your dreams, his response was that it
produces for your dog the owner of his dreams.

You see, Jerry has discovered that if you are gentle
with your dog then he will be gentle with you, if you
praise your dog every time he looks at you, then you
will become the center of your dogs world, if you use
Jerry's sound distraction with praise, then it takes
just minutes-sometimes merely seconds-to train your
dog to not misbehave (even in your absence) (Just 15
seconds this morning to train my 10 week old puppy to
lie quietly and let me clip his nails).

Using Jerry's scientific method (sound distraction /
praise / alteration / variation) it takes just minutes to
train you dog to respond to your commands.

What a pleasure it was for me to see my 6 week old
puppy running as fast has his wobbly little legs would
carry him in response to my recall command-and he
comes running every time I call no matter where we are
or what he is doing.

At ten weeks old now, my puppy never strains upon
his leash thanks to Jerry's hot & cold exercises and
his Family Pack Leadership exercises.

Jerry has discovered that if you scold your dog, if you
scream at him, if you intimidate him, if you hurt him,
if you force him then his natural response is to oppose
you.

Is Jerry a nut?

It doesn't make any difference to me whether he is or not.
It is a logical fallacy to judge a person's ideas based upon
their personality. As far as dogs are concerned, Jerry
wears his heart upon his sleeve. It touches him deeply
when he hears of trainers forcing, intimidating, scolding
or hurting dogs.

More than that, he knows that force is not effective
and that it will certainly lead to behavior problems;
sometime problems so severe that people put their
dogs down because of those problems.

I believe that it is natural for humans to want to control
their dog by force. Jerry knows this too. We have all been
at our wits' end, haven't we?

Dogs have a natural tendency to mimic. In scientific
literature it is referred to allelomimetic behavior. Dogs
respond in like kind to force; they respond in like kind
to praise.

Don't bribe your dog with treats; give him what he
wants most-your kind attention. Give him your praise.
You will be astonished at how your dog 's anxiety will
dissipate and how their behavior problems will dissipate
along with their anxiety.

Treat Jerry Howe's (The Puppy Wizard) Wits' End
Training Method as a scientific principle just as you
would the law of gravity and you will have astounding
success.

Dog behavior is just as scientific as is gravity.

If you follow Jerry's puppy rules you will get a sweet little
Magwai; if you don't you will surely get a little gremlin
(anyone see The Gremlins?). --Larry

HOWEDY Master Of Deception blankman,

<> wrote in message news:308g5pF2t9tp0U1@uni-berlin.de...
> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:03:27 -0500 Dean & Kelly
<dkrjf.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> whittled these words:
>
> > My friend got a new puppy from the humane
> > society a few months ago, a lab/rott. mix. She
> > is an outside dog and sleeps in a crate in the
> > garage and has free roam otherwise. The
> > problem is she prefers to pee and poop all
> > over the garage rather than outside.
>
> Many dogs

A dog is a dog, Master Of Deception blankman.

> have strong surface preferences

We can't ALWAYS have HOWER PREFERENCES.

CAN WE, Master Of Deception blankman.

> for elimination.

HOWEsbreaking is INSTINCTIVE regardless
of breed, surface, age, or any other CONsideration.

> Usually

CONSISTENCY is the MOTHER of BEHAVIORISM.

> this is developed

You mean the dog's NORMAL NATURAL INNATE
INSTINCTIVE REFLEXIVE RESPONSES, Master
Of Deception blankman?

> by necessity -

NECESSITY, Master Of Deception blankman?

> the surface the dog is used to eliminating on
> is the surface that feels "right" for elmination.

USUALLY that is DEVELOPED by NECESSITY.

> In this case the dog

Being a dog, is STILL a dog, DESPITE
NECESSARY DEVELOPMENTS of breed,
surface, age, or any other CONsideration.

> was likely kept in a concrete dog run,

That so? Or a garage?

> thus the only availble surface for elimination was concrete.

NO PROBLEM. Change the FLOOR.

> And this surface was what was available during
> that period of puppy development where such
> associations are formed.

BWEEEEEEAAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA!!!

You mean you CAN'T CHANGE IT on
accHOWENT of the dog has "passed
his CRITICAL DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE,"
like we been talkin abHOWET SOCIALIZATION,
Master Of Deception blankman?

THERE AIN'T NO CRITICAL DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE.

WHAT IF the dog JUST HAPPENS to USE
the ONLY FLOOR HE GOT, regardless of
CONsiderations of DEVELOPMENTAL
STAGES NECESSITY and STRONG
SURFACE PREFERENCES for ELIMINATION.

BWEEEEEEEEAAAHAHAHHAHAA!!!

> Basicaly

BASICALLY you're blowin smoke up HOWER
arses again. Judgin by your SPELLIN you're
DRUNK and takin anti psychotic medications.

BASICALLY, you're a lying dog abusng punk
thug coward and active long term incurable
MENTAL CASE, Master Of Deception blankman.

> they need to take exactly the same aproach as housetrainoing.

That so, Master Of Deception blankman?

You can't even SPELL HOWEsbreakin.

> That means supervising the dog as much as
> possible in the area where elimination is not
> desired -

He IS.

NHOWE WHAT?

> to interupt the behavior and redirect it to
> the appropriate locaion.

You mean CORRECT the BEHAVIOR AFTER THE FACT.

> And to restrict the dog's access to the
> underired location when the dog cannot
> be supervised.

Oh. You mean LOCK IT IN A BOX.

He IS locked in a box. THAT'S HOWE
COME he SHITS the HOWES when IT
is HOWETA the box, Master Of Deception
blankman.

HOWEsbreaking is INSTINCTIVE.

> Patient and persistent taking the dog to the
> right location, three or four times a day
> is an important part of that problem solving.

You mean WALK the dog as necessary?

> Yelling at or scolding the dog for using the
> "wrong" location is counter productive and
> will slow the problem solving

WHAAAT PROBLEM SOLVING, Master Of
Deception blankman? HOWEsbreaking is
INSTINCTIVE. There AIN'T NO PROBLEM
to be SOLVED, Master Of Deception blankman
other than HOWE to OPEN THE BOX and
let the dog LIVE in his HOWES instead of
a box.

> because the dog won't understand that the
> problem is the *place* of elimination.

The dog AIN'T GOTTA UNDERSTAND NUTHIN.

HOWEsbreakin is INSTINCTIVE NORMAL INNATE
NATURAL REFLEXIVE behavior, Master Of Deception
blankman.

> Instead the dog will relate the person's
> response to what he is doing at the time.

PERHAPS the dog needs to see the VET,
Master Of Deception blankman? You always
sez any sudden change in behavor should
be looked at by a vet.

If a dog AIN'T followin his INSTINCT, perhaps
he's SICKLY and NEEDS medical heelp?

UNLESS of curse he has PREFERENCES of
"the surface was what was available during that
period of puppy development where such associations
are formed and necessary access to the undesired
location when the dog cannot be supervised and
patient and persistent taking the dog to the right
location, three or four times a day."

> And since elimination is a biological necessity

Like takin anti psychotic medication and
jerking choking your dogs on pronged spiked
pinch choke collars with custom knitted cover
ups and shocking dogs and beatin them in the
face with your shepherd's crook and sprayin
aversives in their faces?

> being yelled at for eliminating is just frightening
> and confusing, not educational.

Yeah? You mean compared to lockin IT in
a box and IGNORING ITS CRIES? Well,
that's not tellin us HOWE to HOWEsbreak
a dog, Master Of Deception blankman.

> Teaching the dog to relieve itself on command
> by giving a cue word, and praising as the dog
> begins elimination can go a long way toward
> resolving this problem -

That so? Not if the dog don't WANT to NOT
mess in the HOWES, Master Of Deception
blankman.

HOWEsbreaking is INSTINCITIVE. If a dog AIN'T
HOWEsbroken it's on accHOWENT of he's EITHER
SICK or UNHAPPY, not "perhaps on accHOWENT
of breed, surface, age, or any other CONsideration like
the surface was what was available during that period
of puppy development where such associations
are formed and necessary access to the undesired
location when the dog cannot be supervised and
patient and persistent taking the dog to the right location,
three or four times a day.

BWEEEEEEEEAAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

You're FULL OF CRAP.

> given the constraints stated in your other posts.

You mean that they can't SUPERVISE the
dog 24/7 unless IT is locked in a box.

> Supervise, guide, control.

IOW, you got NO METHOD to HOWEsbreak
a dog other than to stand there and WATCH IT.

> Diane Blackman
> http://dog-play.com/

BWEEEEEEEEAAHAHAHAHHAAA!!!

HOWEDY Dean & Kelly,

"Dean & Kelly" <dkrjf.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> My friend

Decent people DO NOT POST here abHOWETS.
You're asking LIARS DOG ABUSERS COWARDS
and ACTIVE LONG TERM INCURABLE MENTAL
CASES for advice for the same problems THEY
got and CAN'T TRAIN.

> got a new puppy

A DOG IS A DOG.

> from the humane society

We can DIS-CUSS those organizations in another post.

> a few months ago, a lab/rott. mix.

A dog is STILL a dog.

> She is an outside dog

HOWER DOG LOVERS FRHOWEN on HOWEtside dogs.
They PREFER to lock them in boxes and ignore their cries
and jerk and choke them and spray aversives in their eyes,
when necessary:

lyinglynn writes to a new foster care giver:
For barking in the crate - leave the leash on and
pass it through the crate door. Attach a line to it.
When he barks, use the line for a correction.

if necessary, go to a citronella bark collar.

Lynn K.

"Granted That The Dog Who Fears Retribution
Will Adore His Owner," lying "I LOVE KOEHLER"
lynn.

> and sleeps in a crate in the garage

Well THAT'S HOWE COME they can't HOWEsbreak him.

> and has free roam otherwise.

Locking the dog in a box teaches them the box
is their HOWES and your HOWES is their terrortory
to FHOWEL.

> The problem is she prefers to pee and poop
> all over the garage rather than outside.

That IS her HOWEtside. Her INSIDE is her BOX.

> They can take her out to the grass and
> she will go pee but in a short time she
> is back doing her "business" in the garage
> again.

On accHOWENT of her HOWES is the BOX.

> Sometimes when company is coming she gets
> scared and runs up the steps to the back door
> and pees all over the steps as well.

That's FEAR. The dog is gonna have BIG problems
unless you HEELP him HOWETA the jam he's in.

> They are very frustrated by all this.

They're RUINING the dog.

> They have had dogs in the past but never one
> that has done this.

Well, they just RAN HOWETA LUCK.

> Any suggestions??

No. The Amazing Puppy Wizard doesn't GIVE SUGGESTIONS.

The Amazing Puppy Wizard has a comprehensive
FREE training METHOD that you can GIVE your
FRIEND for FREE and will teach him HOWE to
pupperly handle and train his dog NEARLY INSTANTLY.

> Thanks.

You're welcome.

> Kelly

HOWEDY Dadcat,

"Dadcat" <jstrat.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> Any ideas how to correct a urination problem in the house?

HOWEsbreaking is INSTINCTIVE. If you're havin
HOWEsbreaking problems it's on accHOWENT
of your dog is EITHER SICK or UNHAPPY.

> My malamute seems to want to urninate on
> the carpet and it has nothing to do with a
> full bladder. It is more of a territorial thing.

No. It's MOORE of an anxiHOWESNESS thing.

> Any ideas how to stop this?

You can rehabilitate this problem in WON DAY
if you follow all the instructions in your FREE
copy of The Amazing Puppy Wizard's FREE
WWW Wits' End Dog Training Method Manual
available for FREE at http://www.doggydoright.com

> We can never catch her when she does this.

RIGHT. THAT'S HOWE COME she DOES it,
on accHOWENT of you CAUGHT her and
taught her HOWE to command 100% of your
undivided attention.


From: AIMEE (countrygirl0334@yahoo.com)
Subject: House training and such...
Date: 2003-10-08 16:18:56 PST

I've been having a problem with my dog, Axel,
relieving himself in the house while I'm away
from home.

I've used TPW method's, and yesterday I was out
for 12 hours, and Axel didn't have one single "accident".

Today, I had hoped that the results would be just as
good - and they were (I was out for 11 hours).

The problem began when, as a puppy, Axel would
relieve himself in the house and I would point at the
mess and tell him "NO" or "Bad Dog".

That made him afraid to relieve himself in the house
or infront of me.

After I got TPW's training manual, I corrected my
mishandling of these instances.

When I came home to an "accident", I would simply
drop a can near the area and ask Axel "What's that?"
Then I would clean it up - with out showing him I was
the least bit upset about the mess, and when he looked
at the spot I would tell him "Good boy, you're a good dog".

This has been an ongoing problem, and thanks to the
Puppy Wizard, we've finally got it taken care of...

Also, Axel LOVES the cat's litter box...He enjoys the
"snacks" he can find in there...I followed TPW's methods
by alternating sounds and praising him while or before
he sticks his nose in it, and today, he's been going into
the room with the cat box and barking. That's because
he's thinking about getting into the box, but he knows he
shouldn't.

Thank you, Jerry, for all you help. You've been a
blessing to all of us.

AIMEE

===================

From: AIMEE (countrygirl0334@yahoo.com):

I own a black an tan coonhound. We got him
as a puppy, and due to constant mishandling
(pulling on his lead, negative corrections, and
the occasional use of a bark collar) I ended
up with a very anxious dog.

I couldn't leave him home alone, I couldn't
crate him, I couldn't even take my dog for
walks because he feared EVERYTHING.

I was going to have to get rid of him if things
didn't turn around.

My husband and I searched the internet for
answers - AND WE FOUND THE PUPPY WIZARD.

For all of you disbeliveers out there HIS METHODS WORK!

I've followed his manual, and we now have a
dog that can be left home alone, that heels
on command, that can go outside and NOT
be afraid of everything he sees.

Not only have his methods helped our dog, but
our marriage has gotten better. We had fallen
into a rut - constant bickering and tension, we
never laughed or had FUN together - but now,
with the same mindset used in THE PUPPY
WIZARDS dog training, our communications
channels have opened, and we now work
together instead of against one another.

For all the "Literalists" out there, NO WE DID
NOT TEACH EACH OTHER TO SIT, STAY,
OR HEEL.

We simply eliminated the nagging and the
acting out to get NEGATIVE attention from
one another since we weren't getting
the POSITIVE attention we wanted.

So, it's been proven - THE PUPPY WIZARDS
METHODS WORK.

It's up to you to accept them. Yes, there's alot
of blame that we have to accept, but once we
realize that we've caused these problems to
arise, we can strive to make things better.

AIMEE

=================

From: Mike (m.biddisc@ns.sympatico.ca)
Subject: Re: Info. on the puppy wizard?
Date: 2004-07-18 14:27:02 PST

> > Oh, and did I mention his methods work, ya nuff said.
> >
> > Mike
>
> Ok Mike which part worked for you?

It helped clear problems from my dogs in the
field using the can penny distraction technique.

Works like a charm.

My dogs get distracted easy from their jobs ie,
retrieving or training to find lost people, oh did
I mention that I am a Search and Rescue Team
Leader.

Sorry that slipped my mind.

I have read volumes of training books and don't
know where people get that Jerry copied others
work as I have NEVER come across his methods
before. I would like to see proof.

Just like Jerry outlined I eliminated problems one
at at time as they arose. I used to try and train to
the way I wanted them but this is backward, you
train out the problems leaving what you want left over.

Funny part is the second dog who had the same
problems as the other didn't need correcting for
some of his habits after I cleared it from the first
dog.

Seemed he learned through osmosis.

Nice side benefit there.

It nearly came to giving them up to a 3rd party
trainer as they were not performing well. The
VAST majority of working dog trainers are
agressive in their actions with the dogs.

I tried it and it didn't work and guess what I
was at my "Whits End" then someone I new
turned me onto Jerry and the rest is history.

I referred friends and families to Jerry's manual
and all have had great results. Starting puppies
out on the distraction technique is especially
good because they never develop the habit.

I had my sisters dog healing, sitting and down
stay reliably at 8-9 weeks. The first night home
following Jerrys advice we ditched the crate and
put the pup on the floor beside the bed and after
2 whimpers NOT A SOUND OUT OF THAT DOG
FOR 6 HRS! first night, that has never happened
in all my days.

Sorry, the man understands dogs its that simple.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry M Male" <larrymmale.DeleteThis@yahoo.com>
To: "The Puppy Wizard" <ThePuppyWizard.DeleteThis@EarthLink.Net>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: Cocker with ear infection
>
> Thanks Jerry,
>
>
> I enjoyed the scientific discussion debunking
> operant conditioning for teaching thinking animals.
> Humans think by forming concepts. All of their
> knowledge is held as a hierarchy of concepts
> (more complex concepts defined in terms of
> simpler ones). In my mind, to treat such a being
> as a B. F. Skinner robot is criminal.
>
> I don't believe that dogs hold their knowledge
> as concepts as do humans but their ability to
> think is unquestionable.
>
> Operant conditioning doesn't utilize an animal's
> ability to think. When you show a dog what you
> want them to do, then they are able to grasp the
> problem; they are able to think about it and to
> integrate possible solutions into their mind.
>
> But with operant conditioning a trainer is actually
> hiding the problem to be solved from the animal.
>
> For example, it is good for your dog's attention to
> be upon you. When heeling, he will notice your
> movements, your subtle hand signals, your facial
> expressions and he will immediately sense your
> next command. But the clicker trainers have forgotten
> the reasons why a dog's attention should be upon you.
>
> So they condition a dog to unnaturally cock his head
> to stare upward at you. The dog doesn't appreciate
> the meaning of this and neither does the trainer. Since
> this unnatural behavior is prized in the obedience ring,
> the clicker trainers are motivated to condition it.
>
> Don't you think that the "high five" hand shake that
> clicker trainers use to motivate novices looks like a
> Nazi salute (an unthinking reflex). It is not at all like
> a warm hand shake from a loving companion, is it?
>
> Some of your testimonials bring tears to my eyes. I
> love to see how some "thinking" people appreciate
> your methods.
>
> --Larry


>----- Original Message -----
> Subject: GREMLINS
>From: "Larry" To: "The Puppy Wizard"
><thepuppywizard.DeleteThis@earthlink.net Sent:
> Friday, July 02, 2004

I live in an apartment complex that accepts dogs. I
have recommended your web site and your training
manual to quite a few pet owners. Unfortunately, it
seems to be human nature for them to not address
training until their dog's behavior problems become
serious.

Several people have seen me out working with Kit. They
cannot believe it when I am able to call a 7 week old
pup away from them. Those who have pups of their own
say that they are waiting until their pups are older
in order to begin traini ng.Itellthemtobeginnow.
But they don'tknowwhattodo.

Have you ever seen the movie "Gremlins"? The Mogwai
comes with three rules: 1) keep out of bright light,
2) keep away from water and 3) never feed after
midnight. Of course disaster befalls the new owners
because they don't take these rules seriously. When I
last watched this movie I thought to myself, how
similar it was to getting a new puppy. Just as does a
Mogwai, a puppy has a nature that demands proper
handling and just as it will with a cute little
Mogwai, mishandling will turn your cute little puppy
into a gremlin.

--Larry

Subject: PetsMart Puppy Playtime
Date: 2004-07-17 12:05:36 PST

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry"
To: "The Puppy Wizard" <thepuppywizard.DeleteThis@earthlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 2:48 PM
Subject: Kit rules PetsMart Puppy Playtime

Hello Jerry,

The experts say to take your puppy to puppy
classes to socialize them with other puppies.

Kit went to Puppy Playtime at PetsMart today.

I guess that I fail to see what Kit could learn
from those unruly puppies except perhaps
some bad behaviors.

Anyway he mostly lay there quietly and watched.
He wasn't' scared or apprehensive and he didn't
mind approaching other dogs if they seemed willing.

But it was a mad house-a beagle sounding off, a
boxer jumping on everyone, a bull dog pushing his
way around, a Great Dane tripping over everyone,
a little pug barking and poor little Kit getting trampled
because he was so much smaller than everyone else.

Once, he got a bit defensive and snarled and yipped
when this one bigger terrier kept picking on him
(scratching him hard).

Several people commented to me how calm Kit
seemed to be. They wondered if it were a breed
characteristic.

I told them that it was my training method, but
most of them seemed to just get that look in
their eye that says "Yea, yea".

But this one lady seemed interested so I referred
her to your web site. She had a rescued dog which
she held in her arms and it would snap at other
dogs when she gave them any attention.

She would immediately grab her little dog's muzzle
and squeeze it tightly. She finally confided in me
that it did the same to her husband and to her 25lb
cat.

I told her that it was going to get worse and
worse if she didn't address it immediately.

I know that carrying that dog around like she
does and tucking him tight under her arm
when another dog approaches is exasperating
her dog's behavior. I told her so. She said that
she would immediately go to doggydoright.com.

I hope she does.

--Larry
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