I don't know why this is bothering me

We went to agility class tonight and about half way through, after all the kinks are out, I keep Simon off leash and he sticks pretty close(treats, and lots of them, help).

Our instructor brought in some interesting ideas for treats tonight and brought them out one by one and explained them. One of them was meat based baby food. Open it, let the dog take a lick and then close it up again. She kept all these things on a table that she sets up.

We had just finished on the floor and Simon and I were walking past the table where the goodies were and one of the other students and her whippet were standing there. She, the student, had her back to us. I guess Simon walked to close to the table and her whippet went after Simon.

It was all over pretty quick, and the instructor pointed out that after the whippet went after Simon that Simon backed off pretty fast. The other student did not see her dog go after Simon and blamed Simon for the fight even though the instructor pointed out that the whippet started it.

She, the other student made some nasty remarks after that. Maybe thats why this is bothering me.

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Simon's Mom wrote:

She, the other student made some nasty remarks after that. Maybe thats why this is bothering me.

She, the other student, should have been paying attention to her damn dog :roll:

It happens. And the clueless people are always the ones who seem to think it's everybody else's fault and that their darling angel can do no wrong :lol:

The whippet was resource guarding. If the dog did it there, it does it elsewhere and the owner surely knows this.

Hopefully she won't learn the hard way that not all dogs will be as accomodating as Simon and back down. Some would take that as a challenge and kick the whippet's naked behind and justifiably so. Well done, Simon, for the restraint.

There are idiots everywhere. Our job is to be proactive and protect our dogs from them. :roll:

Kristine

Of course she's going to think it was Simon's fault! He's the bigger of the 2 isn't he? And heavier of the 2 also? Consider the mentality. Amazing how many times I have had to move out of "my space" at a dog show, vet's waiting room or a training center because someone else has their dog on a 6' lead or a flexi & is busy talking to someone else, paying no attention to their dog or how far it has strayed from their side. Most times I just move out of the way but the times I have had someone say anything nasty I have pointed out to them that if they had been paying attention to their dog they would have seen which one made the 1st move & better yet......the incident would have never happened.

ditto

Dogs are dogs and by nature they will have non cup of tea discussions :wink:

People need to lighten up and not try to say whose fault it is - BUT she should have been watching her damn dog :!:

NO one has a dog that will not under some circumstance bark, growl or lash out at another dog. and the dog that lashes out , may not be the one that starts it. Dogs are always lashing out at my girl - even dogs that have no issue with any other dog, as my instructor points out - it may be her

We put an awful lot of expectations on our dogs. We need to be prepared to deal with it when they act like dogs and move on. When you are involved with it it seems like the end of the world, but it isn't - next week the same two dogs can be the best of friends

Try and forget the comment, Pam. The other handler sounds like she was making excuses and probably knows she was in the wrong not paying attention to her dog.

I am interested in the baby food part. For the life of me I can't imagine running with a jar of babyfood, getting it out of my pocket, opening it and getting it near my dog in time to do any good! Not to mention then getting the lid back on and back in a pocket and resume moving.....

got sheep wrote:

they use babyfood in those tubes don't they?

kerry wrote:

got sheep wrote:

they use babyfood in those tubes don't they?

I don't know. In a pocket, in a squeeze tube sounds like a disaster too :lol:

http://www.cleanrun.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_id=1355&ParentCat=320&string=food%20tubes

I keep meaning to order some.....

Thanks for the link, they look interesting. Kind of like filling a pastry bag!

Do you know anyone who uses them? do they like them? They seem kind of big to run around with, but maybe not?

I think you use them for training and since most training is done on sets of obstacles and not full courses I don't see a problem. of course they wouldn't work for training where you send a dog out and throw treats on the ground:D

kerry wrote:

Yeah, that would get expensive. :wink:

got sheep wrote:

Do you know anyone who uses them? do they like them? They seem kind of big to run around with, but maybe not?

There's nothing to say you have to have treats on you. Just leave'em by the training bag and reward when done unless working on tiny exercises with lots of repetition.

Or do what I once did and have a 6 oz piece of cooked chicken in your bait bag which pops out and onto the floor during a 10-12 obstacle sequence, but fortunately you're running an OES who doesn't even notice. Though the same cannot be said for your eagle-eyed instructor :oops:

Kristine

The baby food was in GLASS JARS. The idea is to get the dog to do what you want and they will get a treat/reward after they did it. Meaning keep the jar away/in a different spot and go to it after the dog does the good deed. She warned us to not try to run with it in case you fall. Yes...people do fall/slip,trip over the dog or in some cases your own two feet.

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