http://dogsfordepression.org/blog Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:50:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en i tried training liame using his flat collar. friends... i really did try but the little knuckle head is so powerful that he really hurts my back when he pulls on his leash. so instead of using the gentle leader head halter we have switched to the gentle ... http://dogsfordepression.org/blog/2009/02/25/flat-collars-blow/ yesterday as i was going through my email i accidentally stumbled upon an email from 2001 responding to a job posting for a assistant training position for paws with a cause. it gave me a renewed sense of optimism that i really am doing what i am supposed to ... http://dogsfordepression.org/blog/2009/02/17/renewed-sense-of-optimism/ today i stopped off at home depot and got a few things for the fountain i am making for the back yard. after picking up some office supplies at the office store i dropped into the starbucks world headquarters and had lunch in their cafeteria. liame brought a ... http://dogsfordepression.org/blog/2009/02/13/yes-i-frequently-give-commands-to-random-strangers/ i want to become a CPDT. in order to qualify to even take the certification exam you need at least 300 hours of training under your belt. i added up all the time i spent taking classes with liame, all the time i have spent assisting at seattle ... http://dogsfordepression.org/blog/2009/02/06/csdt-vs-cpdt/ yesterday i went to the dog park and met the regional guide dog coordinator for the seattle area. it was nice getting to talk with her about service dogs and how they are raised. she brought her guide dog puppy drop out to the dog park for some ... http://dogsfordepression.org/blog/2009/01/30/elitist/ we went to the dog park today and something kind of frightening happened. liame almost got attacked a couple of times by three different dogs. once while we were walking towards the water, once while we were at the water and once as we were walking back towards ... http://dogsfordepression.org/blog/2009/01/25/to-puppy-park-or-not/ we have started switching to walking around on a flat collar. since one of the classes i have been assisting in had only a few dogs in in amanda has allowed me to train liame while the other dogs are training. this has given me the opportunity to ... http://dogsfordepression.org/blog/2009/01/21/leave-it-no-leave-it-watch-leave-it-liame-liammmmme/ we went back to the surgeon today. apparently liames elbows are still swollen. he is still having difficultly getting up from a lying position but once he takes those first couple of steps he bolts around the house like there is nothing wrong. i told him about ... http://dogsfordepression.org/blog/2009/01/19/back-to-the-surgeon/ so i had my second day of assisting classes yesterday. i live for these dog training classes, especially the older dog classes. puppies are cute and all but i want to train service dogs - a more complicated a mature doggie client. they have completely different needs ... http://dogsfordepression.org/blog/2009/01/15/i-cannot-fail/ i knew once they started bothering me about my attendance and instituted their "tracking" system it wouldnt be long. i did a job, a job none of the other retouchers wanted to do. i got hired on to do retouch work and ended up managing the entire job ... http://dogsfordepression.org/blog/2009/01/09/managing-without-the-training-pay-and-authority/