Hi Family and Friends,
I received my CCI training manual today, lots of information, they have informed me to inform you of the following:
It is particularly critical in the first month after team training that I establish control and achieve responsiveness in my dog. In conjunction with getting to know and bonding with my dog. Setting ground rules and maintaining leadership will be my primary focus. It is very important that you regard the dog as a working animal. It will be detrimental to our (the dogs and myself) working relationship in the long run if the dog receives inviting looks, petting or verbal stimulation from anyone.
You can best support me by ignoring the dog for the first four to six weeks that we are home. This does not mean that I can't share with you or show you what the dog does for me. You can support us by not approaching the dog with excitable and emotional greetings. Please remain low key and do not pet I can allow you to shake hands with the dog. If the dog does get greeted with excitement the dog will run towards you and loose focus on me. (Not good)
Lastly the dog will be of a very special diet so please no treats.
Thank you so much for your continued support and I know it will be hard to follow the above because we are all animal lovers, but it will be VERY IMPORTANT that the dog and I form a relationship after all we will be together 24/7 for the next 8 to 10 years.
Any questions please ask, and please feel free to attend the graduation on Feb 11, 2011 in Santa Rosa (more on this at a later date)
Love Tina
LOL! Actually that does not happen! The first day home Jay came over and they played together. At work, she liked to be greeted by the people she saw every day when they first come in. After that she is fine. The most important thing you will need to be firm and consistent in is that NO ONE but you can give the dog commands.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice, but my family and I are going to try our hardest to make sure it does happen. My pet dog slipped away from me and sleeps with my mom etc. I will make sure nothing happens and that our bond stays tight, I can't wait
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited to hear that your going in for team training! I'm sure you'll meet an amazing dog who will change your life. Puppy raising has changed my life, but you get to have the dogs that we raise. That dog is an amazing gift. I'll be at the Feb. graduation here in Ohio.
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