tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post6395313997473947907..comments2023-12-13T05:35:03.070-05:00Comments on Wheres my sanity: Sit on the Dog, aka: The long downUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-65160194364516005922013-07-03T08:41:06.032-04:002013-07-03T08:41:06.032-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Protection Training for dogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607048718003596101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-79650310028280649362012-08-11T15:44:43.206-04:002012-08-11T15:44:43.206-04:00Thank you, Margot. I lost this in a harddrive cras...Thank you, Margot. I lost this in a harddrive crash and could not reproduce the text myself. Shared, shared, shared.Cynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10438365397044537734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-84634285415956125382011-09-06T19:32:59.477-04:002011-09-06T19:32:59.477-04:00Margot's 'Sit on the Dog' should be in...Margot's 'Sit on the Dog' should be incorporated into every training program/behavior protocol.Bob Maidahttp://www.dogtrainingbybobmaida.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-65619066305497226922010-07-12T22:26:34.074-04:002010-07-12T22:26:34.074-04:00Thanks a lot for the explanation and the pics to g...Thanks a lot for the explanation and the pics to go with them. Very helpful. I am also curious about the whining. I know a very persistent whiner with a heap of anxiety behind it. Is this exercise right for a dog like this? Do you wait out the whining or just practice it twice a day for 30 min? I have a feeling this dog can whine for hours.boharrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675750982037052675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-81682542263444611232010-07-12T22:23:00.515-04:002010-07-12T22:23:00.515-04:00I love the explanation. Thanks a lot. I am also cu...I love the explanation. Thanks a lot. I am also curious about the whining. I have a persistent whiner with a heap of anxiety behind it. Is this exercise right for a dog like this? Do I wait out the whining or is it enough to just practice twice a day for 30 min.?boharrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675750982037052675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-58887504557012011522010-01-10T20:22:46.596-05:002010-01-10T20:22:46.596-05:00Thank you very much for your explaination and the ...Thank you very much for your explaination and the pictorial - unfortunately, I'm still in the "People who read about it seldom get it right" category. You stated that the only time you are to acknowledge the dog is if he climbs on your lap or something equally unacceptable. When the Dobe was pulling, was that behavior corrected, or was it simply ignored and the dog learned on his own that pulling wouldn't work?<br /><br />My issue is whining. High -pitched, i -want-to-stab-my-own-eardrums whining. I CAN out-last Mr. Whiner if you tell me that's the way to go ... i'm just wondering becasue i really do see the benefits of this exercise and want to do it correctly.<br /><br />Jacey Shropshire<br />Pittsburgh, PAJacey Shropshirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-28376009835249453432010-01-05T12:56:31.302-05:002010-01-05T12:56:31.302-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02198094305460063320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-2192792379619682532010-01-04T20:46:34.271-05:002010-01-04T20:46:34.271-05:00I'm glad I could help, though let it be known ...I'm glad I could help, though let it be known that not only am I NOT a doctor, I have never played one on TV or even been asked to audition for the part.<br /><br />But I wasn't just blowing smoke, either. This exercise has saved many, let me tell you--dogs AND owners. I am grateful for it. It makes owners' lives easier, and that is one of the biggest considerations they have as to whether training is "worth it" or not.<br /><br />Thank you. And take care of yourself.<br /><br />P.S. Thanks also for the newest post re: small dogs/thin-coated dogs and whether or not a bed is good. Very helpful.Pooch Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17799495209585727413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-7108538958333945892010-01-04T15:20:11.153-05:002010-01-04T15:20:11.153-05:00Mailey - You have no way of knowing just how much ...Mailey - You have no way of knowing just how much I am appreciating what you wrote. For some reason my S.A.D. started much earlier this year and is much worse than ever before. Maybe it was the early blizzard. Whatever. <br /><br />The end result has been one of "why bother?" and "no one cares" and the real biggie, "no one ever listens". Pretty much all the pity party crap.<br /><br />I decided that what I needed to do was to print out your comments and post them on the wall in front of me and then once every two hours I read those comments out loud and by golly, I do feel better.<br /><br />Thanks, Doc.Margot Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03183491858427197526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-15872093754485872962010-01-04T12:25:59.554-05:002010-01-04T12:25:59.554-05:00Margot, this is THE most valuable exercise I have ...Margot, this is THE most valuable exercise I have ever learned how to teach, hands down. I used to "water it down," as you would say, but after your Bedrock class I stopped doing that. Now I teach it exactly as it is written (except I don't encourage my students to do it while they eat until about the 3rd lesson; it just saves them some headache).<br /><br />I present it with the following caveat: "You will very likely wonder why, as you sit there, that you need to do this exercise. You may find it silly, or stupid. Fine with me. But if you don't do it, none of your other training will have a field in which to take root. Your dog will be lesser for your skipping of it. A martial arts instructor I had once said, 'You must build the floor before you can build the walls.' SOTD is building the floor. It connects together everything you will teach your dog, and makes your dog whole. Do not skip it."<br /><br />I know every student doesn't do it--I can tell. Some skimp on the time; some probably fondle during it; some give too much slack. But the ones who do it and do it right are easy to spot: their dogs automatically flop at their side ANY TIME they have a short amount of leash.<br /><br />And the students who do it RAVE about it, and how great an exercise it is, and what a difference it makes. I tell them I wish I'd invented it, but I didn't. A much wiser trainer than I named Margot Woods did, and I'm really glad I got the chance to learn how to do it correctly.<br /><br />Thank you for all you have given those of us who are listening. Believe it or not, some of us are...<br /><br />MaileyPooch Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17799495209585727413noreply@blogger.com