Category: Fun Stuff ¤ Author: Assorted Contributors ¤ Title: Philosophical Tidbits ¤ If I were a competition obedience student looking for a competition obedience teacher, I wouldn't bother looking at the instructor's accomplishments. I'd be looking at that instructor's STUDENTS accomplishments. I'm not looking for someone to train my dog--I want someone to train me! Shirley Chong ======================== The person who took my Rotties' collar and leash off and handed me food and told me to go have a good time made a big difference in my life and in my training. Nancy Frensley Berkeley ======================== This points up perfectly what I love about clicker training-- clicker trainers become practically obsessive about catching their dogs doing it RIGHT--versus setting their dogs up to be wrong. And after all, most dogs are right most of the time--it's a matter of the handler noticing it. It's just such a different mindset--I love it! M. Shirley Chong The Well Mannered Dog Iowa City Iowa tzjd72a@prodigy.com ======================== Dog behaviour can be very different from human behaviour. M. Shirley Chong ======================== "I would not say that wolf drive theory should be eschewed, I am just not so sure it should be eswallowed whole" - Gary Wilkes ======================== Remember also that in OC training the cue is NOT a command! This is really hard for crossover trainers (such as I! ) to understand at first. You are NOT telling him to "sit", you are telling him that you are rewarding only sits at this time. - Carol Dunster ======================== Important behaviors like recalls and "don't eats" strike me as life long works in progress, however you're training them. - Victoria Farrington ======================== " I figured out why you get two clickers. One to click the dogs and one to put in your mouth so you can't give any commands." - Ken Arsenault ======================== T-shirt wisdom: "The only thing two dog trainers can agree on is what the third one is doing wrong." - Steve White ======================== I don't know any professional clicker trainer who would sit around and wait for a behavior to happen -- half of the process is devising ways to "get the behavior to happen." - Gary Wilkes ======================== She isn't supposed to be wrong so you can fix it, she's supposed to be right so you can reinforce it. - Sue Ailsby ======================== No greater love hath any human than she should suffer a gross green beanbag chair in her living room for the sake of a friend. Sue eh? (Note: this is in reference to Victoria's dog, Shiva, and her beanbag chair.) ================