clownpuncher
03-27-2004, 02:25 PM
I had to write this post after reading about Dans66Stevens and his dog.
As many may realize, MOST firemen have a second job or "career". My second career for about 15 years was trainer of Police/Narcotics/explosive/Search dogs. I've trained dogs for many So Cal Police departments and even some foreign governments.
All the training was employed to get the dog to do what was needed. Find/bite suspects, find narcotics etc. The magnitude of teh training would astound most of you. High intensity. The safety of the officers/citizens etc was relient on proper training of both the handler and K-9.
Obedience is a large part of K-9 training. The dogs could be running full speed and "down" at a single verbal command from the handler. The dogs would also re-call, or come, with the same intensity.
I've also trained many dogs for civilians. Home protection and obedience being the most called for.
I would explain to the students (human) that obedience is more than something to show off to friends and onlookers. Obedience can literally save your dogs life. If your dog is running across the street to greet your neighbor the last thing you need to see is him/her getting hit by a car. If the car doesn't hit your dog, but crashes to avoid it, you could be sued for causing an avoidable accident. Succesfully sued? Who know's? But, sued nonetheless.
By point is very simple. If you have a dog, you owe it to him/her, yourself, your neighbors and all those that come into contact with your dog, to have your dog properly trained in obedience. Whether at home, family trips in the car, the Sandbar or wherever, you gotta control your dog.
I can go on for days with horror stories. No need to.
Dans66Stevens, I'm sorry for your loss. This is in no way a slam to you or yours. It's just a little reminder to others to please do what they can do to keep their dogs safe from harm. It would be a sad day if this happend again to someone else we know.
If you're responsible enough to bring a dog home, be resonsible enough to provide a safe environment for it. If you don't want it trained, keep it in the yard or house where it won't get hurt, or hurt others. Nuff said on my part.
Hang in there Dan.
As many may realize, MOST firemen have a second job or "career". My second career for about 15 years was trainer of Police/Narcotics/explosive/Search dogs. I've trained dogs for many So Cal Police departments and even some foreign governments.
All the training was employed to get the dog to do what was needed. Find/bite suspects, find narcotics etc. The magnitude of teh training would astound most of you. High intensity. The safety of the officers/citizens etc was relient on proper training of both the handler and K-9.
Obedience is a large part of K-9 training. The dogs could be running full speed and "down" at a single verbal command from the handler. The dogs would also re-call, or come, with the same intensity.
I've also trained many dogs for civilians. Home protection and obedience being the most called for.
I would explain to the students (human) that obedience is more than something to show off to friends and onlookers. Obedience can literally save your dogs life. If your dog is running across the street to greet your neighbor the last thing you need to see is him/her getting hit by a car. If the car doesn't hit your dog, but crashes to avoid it, you could be sued for causing an avoidable accident. Succesfully sued? Who know's? But, sued nonetheless.
By point is very simple. If you have a dog, you owe it to him/her, yourself, your neighbors and all those that come into contact with your dog, to have your dog properly trained in obedience. Whether at home, family trips in the car, the Sandbar or wherever, you gotta control your dog.
I can go on for days with horror stories. No need to.
Dans66Stevens, I'm sorry for your loss. This is in no way a slam to you or yours. It's just a little reminder to others to please do what they can do to keep their dogs safe from harm. It would be a sad day if this happend again to someone else we know.
If you're responsible enough to bring a dog home, be resonsible enough to provide a safe environment for it. If you don't want it trained, keep it in the yard or house where it won't get hurt, or hurt others. Nuff said on my part.
Hang in there Dan.