tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720336639932650441.post1134536291970021305..comments2023-06-26T06:11:05.070-04:00Comments on THE REGAL VIZSLA: "think harmony with dogs"Andrew Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00204944202954520498noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720336639932650441.post-64019037685298331642010-05-21T23:21:03.714-04:002010-05-21T23:21:03.714-04:00Great words! Take a breather, try to relax and it ...Great words! Take a breather, try to relax and it will all come together. Keep it up, blog looks great!Chazzhttp://www.drahthaaraddiction.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720336639932650441.post-48164039351680347392010-05-17T06:15:36.028-04:002010-05-17T06:15:36.028-04:00Thanks to everyone for the comments -- especially ...Thanks to everyone for the comments -- especially to some old friends I haven't visited in a while.<br /><br />Re: Dennis + dancing: I need to look out a couple more 'ballet' quotes to describe dogwork -- I'm not sure Ray ever had any to describe horsemanship, but it would be neat to read them.<br /><br />Luisa: I was honestly thinking of 'Lassie Get Help' maybe two days ago and thinking how much I've been locked down in my one world -- and how I needed to get out and read more. And here you are.<br /><br />I would have liked to have seen Ray in action. I think perhaps the reason I was making a mental analogy to him before I wrote this entry was because I knew that crude, simple force wouldn't work with Momo. Most people think my little (42lb), neutered boy-genius is female, love all his wiggly-butt 'love me' antics -- and don't understand that he didn't flinch when stung by bees in the face or fought off a coyote in the woods. He is a tough dog. Which was why I had started decreasing the negative and upping the positive before I'd even received Ray's book.<br /><br />I have my own top-secret plan for part of the summer to work on myself, so I can work dogs a little better.<br /><br />all best<br />AndrewAndrew Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204944202954520498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720336639932650441.post-31846279383091645242010-05-17T00:03:05.068-04:002010-05-17T00:03:05.068-04:00I attended several Ray Hunt clinics in California,...I attended several Ray Hunt clinics in California, back in the day. I think Ray was a genius -- a splendid human being and an honest-to-God genius. If there's a heaven, he deserves to be there as much as just about anyone.<br /><br />At a clinic once someone asked him about switching to a more severe bit, on the grounds that the person's horse wasn't responding well to its first bit, and Ray said, "We Americans are funny -- if one approach doesn't work, we always want to try a harsher approach. Maybe what we should do is try a gentler approach." <br /><br />[Cool bonus: Ray's techniques work as well with middle school students as they do with horses ;~) ]Luisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04042236324318156854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720336639932650441.post-81440071043828717102010-05-16T21:26:36.068-04:002010-05-16T21:26:36.068-04:00If it makes you feel any better, I think this is h...If it makes you feel any better, I think this is how my dance instructor feels when trying to get us not to move our feet while "holding the slow" in rumba. :-)The Oceanside Animalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894063884048051561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720336639932650441.post-65571627298607744932010-05-16T20:33:42.335-04:002010-05-16T20:33:42.335-04:00Andrew,
I now have to enter your world of steadine...Andrew,<br />I now have to enter your world of steadiness in Bailey.<br /><br />His days of childhood fun are now behind us and the learning on both our parts now really begin.<br /><br />How do I think like a hunting dog?<br /><br /> How great it will be if I can get Bailey to "want" to be still so I may perform the hunting act and then he retreive to hand?<br /><br />The more I am around my dogs and away from human contact in the open fields the more connected I am becoming to "the wild" of preditor and prey. <br /><br /> I find this challenge very enjoyable. When I can get Bailey to think it is his idea to be still, I will have moved up the understanding ladder of being a "dogman." <br /> <br />Thanks for the insights.<br />Rod<br />redbirddog.Rod Michaelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540474622415222332noreply@blogger.com