[nagdu] Home training.

[Daryl Marie]

Hi, Deanna,
I home-trained with Jenny, and I can speak to this situation in the abstract. During training Jenny exhibited some behaviors that were VERY concerning to the trainer. Thankfully she was honest enough with me to express her doubts and concerns; thankfully for both jenny and I, we were far enough in the training that we had bonded and able to work through these issues. If she had exhibited these behaviors in the first 1-2 weeks, she would've been washed out or retrained, but they just mysteriously showed in the third week. Thankfully by week number four, both the trainer and I were confident that the issues were resolved entirely or trainable.

Daryl
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From: Deanna Lewis via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
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Sent: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:28:36 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: [nagdu] Home training.

Hi all,
Tracy brought up an interesting topic, and it got me wondering. If a person does receive home training with their dog, what does happen if the dog is not a good match? I think this would be difficult, especially if you live far from the school. Does the trainer come back in a few weeks or months with a new dog? Or do they try to make the first dog work out? Please let me know of your experiences with home training and what to do if the dog is not a match or needs to be career changed. Thanks!
Deanna and Pascal

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