I met with my customer who wants to train her dog for therapy to use in her own dental practice in the future.  We did an impromptu trial at the mini mall down the road from her house.  It did not go well the dog was too distracted to work at a level I felt was reliable.  I instructed her to work with her dog in similar locations for the next week daily and hopefully she will be able to pass the CGC evaluation.  If she works hard this week it can be accomplished.

I also met with my service dog today who has now been in the house for a total of three weeks.  The dog is adjusting and well and exhibits a lot of behaviors that we were looking naturally.  Now the trick is to get her to do it reliably.  This dog should be a breeze to train due to her age and temperament.      

Last appointment of the evening was with my Attack dog.  This is one of the hardest biting dogs I have encountered.  We have transitioned to a hidden sleeve and a plastic fist for hand protection.  This dog often goes for the hand so I figured that hand protection was a good idea.  During the first bite attempt the dog released the bite prior to being instructed to do so and began looking for something softer to bite.  He almost got my non protected arm.  I instructed the owner to take the dog outdoors in order to have more room to work and get the dog used to holding onto the new equipment.  After several bites I realized I needed to wear a secondary gauntlet under the sleeve and took a break to put it on. Once this was accomplished we moved back inside and continued with the home invasion protection training.

                                                                                                                                                                           Louis Robinson

1. Black River Bull Mastiffs Says:
   November 5th, 2009 at 7:39 am

   Black River Bull Mastiffs…

   Me too….

2. dog shop Says:
   April 4th, 2010 at 9:38 am

   dog shop…

   nice work dude keep it up….

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