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Originally Posted by yorkiemini  OH yes, is wish I could have stayed with Cali, but what we needed was not near us to I just did a lot of flying back and forth.
Your Dara is remarkable and you as a trainer are experienced. I had done obedience with my precious dogs but learned quickly I did not have the knowledge necessary to traine a hearing animal so,has to opt for professional trainers.
Cali can't pull tires or anything like that, but if I fall down she will run and drag my cell phone to me!
We have life time flying on one airlines because she kept alerting me to a noise that I finally checked out in the restroom that turned out to be a huge water leak - because she found it so fast we did not have to turn the plane around, but were able to continue  . She got steak from first class that evening ! |
Woohoo Cali! You go gal! I surely hope that you enjoyed that steak.
Dara might not work out - she is still an adolescent as big dogs go. I hope that she does of course. But even if she doesn't she will be always kept in our home. My senior boy is getting very old now and well we will have the years left together that we have. He is trained - and if I need him - he will be there for me.
I for certain would not have had the knowledge to train a hearing assist dog. But for the physicality of the tasks that I need - yes I have that knowledge as the springboard is founded in their basic obedience skills. Fetch or retrieve - hold/stand/stay - pull heel etc. Of course my breed was bred to be a working guard dog to humans. It is engrained in their nature to do just that.