[nagdu] An update on the owner training situation

[Tracy Carcione]

I don't wish to be discouraging, but, if you're working 80 hours a week, do 
you have the time required for puppy-training?  I understand it can be quite 
time-intensive.  Maybe you would be wise to wait until you're working a bit 
less?
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amber M via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 8:22 AM
Subject: [nagdu] An update on the owner training situation


> Hi all,
> I am sorry I have not written recently, but there has been a lot going on. 
> I worked 82 hours last week, and since I wrote last, have met with both a 
> trainer and a breeder. The breeder that I'm met with happened to have 
> three puppies that she thought might be good for the task. She brought 
> them and I met with them, and picked one that I really liked. She has 
> allowed me to keep her for a couple of weeks to see how things go.
> I have a few questions.
> One-when you are taking a puppy that is only three months old out to do 
> business, how can you keep them from eating sticks and mulch that might be 
> bad for them and still let them do what they have to do? I have multiple 
> times taken her out to do business and found her with a stick in her 
> mouth. I know that she is going to need to chew on things. I can't keep 
> her away from it, because these are scattered around the grass where I 
> live. It is not that I am deliberately taking her near a place where that 
> is easy to get to.
> Two-when I am not able to be with her, I have been putting her in her 
> crate. I have made it clear that this is not a punishment. I never yell, 
> never push her roughly, or do anything that I think would make it a bad 
> experience. She has eaten in there several times, and I am doing this to 
> reinforce that being in her crate actually equals a good thing. But my 
> question has to do with her whining. I have tried clicking in treating for 
> quiet, and then walking a little further away, or staying the same 
> distance away, but letting the time be a little longer, but ultimately, I 
> do not have the time to sit there for a long extended period, and she 
> can't stay focused on the clicker for that amount of time anyway. So I am 
> just wondering if I am wrong for having to let her wine a little sometimes 
> because I have to go to the restroom or because I have to cook dinner or 
> because I have to actually do the dishes etc.?
> Thanks,
> Amber
>
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