[nagdu] Working Dog Weekend

[Marilyn tucci]

HI Lori,
Sounds like you , Gipp and Rick had a nice weekend. I like all the 
events you shared and showing how a guide dog does with a traffic 
check. Its always good to share with the public why you can't pet a 
working dog. Education is the key.
Marilyn and Anna
 
 
 On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 01:22 AM, Lori Dent via nagdu wrote:
 
 > Hi all,
>  On Sunday June 14, 2015, Rick Gipp and I along with The DeCarlo's and 
> their  puppy FLD Clancy  attended Working Dog Weekend again this year.
>  Working Dog Weekend is held every year in June at the Lake Farm Park 
> in Kirtland, Ohio. Working Dog Weekend is a 2 day event which features 
> all breeds of
> dogs that  have a certain     job or task to do. For example, we have 
> search and rescue dogs, police dogs,  service dogs, therapy dogs,dogs 
> that heard
> sheep and so many  more dogs of all sizes that have some type of job 
> or work that they perform  or do. Also, their were a lot of rescue 
> groups out hear
> and all kinds of different organisations  or businesses  out hear 
> promoting their products  for dogs.
>  Working Dog Weekend   usually has hundreds  of dogs that attend this 
> 2 day event. I'm not sure how many dogs  that were  there on Sunday 
> when we were there but there were quite a few dogs there.
>  Rick and Gipp and I arrived at Working Dog Weekend at Lake Farm Park 
> a little before noon. The DeCarlo's and FLD Clancy were already there. 
> Linda and I
> had a Leader Dog presentation  and demonstration  to do at 1:30 PM in 
> the arena.
>  We got to meet FLD Clancy for the first time and let me just say he's 
> one adorable  little guy and so sweet. Gipp didn't seen to mind the 
> little guy
>  Gipp was a little excited when we  got to the farm park and started 
> walking from the van to the arena where  a lot of stuff was taking 
> place. Gipp is a
> whiner  and he was whining a lot when we got there and I had to quiet 
> him down  and he even barked at the dogs he saw  at least once or 
> twice. But once
> we got into the arena and made are way around to where Linda and Ron 
> DeCarlo was  and  we said are hellos and got to see little FLD Clancy 
> for the first
> time.
>  I decided to take my clicker and some of Gipp's food with me so that 
> I could do some obedience  with Gipp with all the  other dogs around 
> so that I could
> get Gipp to calm down and focus on me and after doing some obedience 
> with Gipp  and using the clicker and the touch  technique  he calmed 
> down and was
> fine.
>  At 1:30 PM this afternoon Linda  Gipp and I went in the middle of the
> arena to talk about Leader Dogs, puppy  raising  and   what  my Leader 
> Dog Gipp does  for me. Rick my fiancee  also helped with the Leader 
> Dog demonstration.
> Rick ended up setting up a little obstacle course  with chairs and 
> some other things  so  that Gipp and I could demonstrate how my Leader 
> Dog Gipp takes
> me around obstacles in my path. Also, we have a pretend  curb and door 
> we use to demonstrate  how Gipp stops for curbs and how Gipp takes me 
> through doors
> depending on which way they open. But the big demonstration that Gipp 
> and I do is the traffic check with the car. Ron DeCarlo will take 
> their car into
> the arena to the other side  of  the arena and wait. I will stand on 
> the other end of the arena  with Gipp. Linda will explain  to the 
> audience  about
> how Gipp will stop and clock me from a moving car that is coming in 
> front of us and how he will ignore my command to go forward if it's 
> not safe  and how
> the intelligent  disobedience works.
>  I started started driving from the other end of t walking in the 
> arena  going forward  and Ron  started  driving the car from the other 
> end of the arena
> and as the car got closer to Gipp and I  going to cross in front of us 
> Gipp stopped and  put his body in front  of me blocking me from 
> proceeding forward.
> Gipp did a perfect traffic check  like I knew he would. I was so proud 
> of him and the audience was very impressed with the demonstration. 
> This demonstration
> just shows the audience  a little bit what my Leader Dog  does for me 
> to keep us  safe.  I had people coming up to me asking questions 
> afterwards about my dog. I had one lady ask me why  the dog couldn't 
> be petted and I explained the reason
> why.
>  We  all rode on a  trolley like thing that had benches  for people to 
> sit on that was pulled by a tractor and little FLD Clancy did a 
> fantastic job just
> laying there  while  the driver of the tractor pulled the trolley with 
> all of us on it  and took us up to the other building we wanted to go 
> in that had
> more organizations  with their  dog products to cell. Plus we ate in 
> the cafeteria /restaurant they had there. Everyone  who saw little 
> Clancy just thought
> he was so cute and adorable .  We all had a good time and both Gipp 
> and little FLD Clancy did great. I was so proud of my boy. On the way 
> home Gipp slept the entire trip back home. Take
> care.
>  Lori and the Gipper
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