[nagdu] What trainers don't know

Cindy Ray cindyray at gmail.com
Mon Apr 18 23:12:54 UTC 2011


Sometimes dogs start going en route later. I think we need to understand that these dogs are animals not canes or walkers or something. They are like us in that sometimes they will develop habits later that we could not have been told about. Allergies sometimes develop or get worse later.

On Apr 18, 2011, at 6:06 PM, Sheila Leigland wrote:

> That makes sense to me.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 8:23 AM
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> Subject: [nagdu] What trainers don't know
> 
> I suspect trainers don't know much about a dog's house behavior, because
> they don't see the dog in that setting.  During training, the dogs are in
> a kennel setting.  No beds to lie on, no counters to jump on, no socks to
> chew.  The trainers might take a dog into the house for a bit, if the dog
> is having trouble with kennel life, but I don't think that happens too
> often.  So, unless the raiser mentions something, I don't think they
> really know.
> 
> I'm not sure they would know if a dog could start emptying on route,
> either. It's my understanding that, before going out for training, that
> part of the dog string has a chance to run and play and do their business.
> If I had ten dogs for Ben to run and play with for a while before going
> for a walk, he might get enough stimulation to go before we go.
> 
> Not to make excuses for a trainer not mentioning stuff, but I think there
> are things they just don't know.
> Tracy
> 
> 
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