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How do we teach our dogs a, competition, quality retrieve? First we must believe that our dogs can learn to any dogs will chase a ball. retrieve. Individual dogs and particular Some will bring back a thrown breeds have an innate nature to fetch ball. Fewer will bring the ball and hold objects. Their mouths are back to the thrower. Fewer still will special tools which are more easily release the ball into a waiting hand. trained to retrieve efficiently. This is a In competition events dogs learn given but does not mean that our little to retrieve in a different way. To be couch potatoes or giant hunters and successful, consistency is required. guard dogs will not retrieve for us.

Dogs have to stay in place until told to The retrieve is a complex behavior retrieve. The retrieval object, a compethat is made up of manly small behavtition dumbbell, is thrown. After being iors. Teaching the retrieve requires that told, the dog retrieves the dumbbell and the dog understands who is in charge. brings it back to the trainer. The dog The teacher needs to teach a series of sits in front of the handler and holds the handler; may run around in circles, behaviors that are complimentary and the dumbbell until told to release. The dropping or flinging the ball, may not required in a competition retrieve. Dogs dumbbell is then taken from the dog. bring it back close to the thrower, or need to know â&#x20AC;&#x153;staysâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;recallsâ&#x20AC;? to be The dog is then told to return to the the dog may drop the ball. The dog and reliable. The trainer needs to develop a original heal and stay position. directed focus in the dog. Trainers need A great amount of training goes into handler may have fun with a play retrieve. A controlled retrieve takes to be very focused themselves. They creating a reliable retriever based on more work and time to teach and learn, need to provide continuous patience, be response to commands. This is differbut if done well, both the dog and owner aware of end results and use of ent then play retrieve in which the dog will enjoy the activity. technique. may or may not bring the ball back to 9P 9@CC 9F9IFN

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Teaching the retrieve is a step by step process. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;stayâ&#x20AC;? must be reliable as dumbbells are thrown.

Distracting sounds and movement cannot excuse a broken â&#x20AC;&#x153;stay.â&#x20AC;? Without a recall, returns are not reliable.

Next the dog needs to learn to hold an object in its mouth until told to release or give it up. Telling the dog to hold for seconds is gradually expanded in time. The dog should learn to sit and hold as well as move with the object in its mouth. Release happens when told to release.

Through the use of rewards or reward and force, the dog is taught to reach for the object. Once the dog learns to reach for the object, the trainer should very gradually increase the reach and fetch distance. As this distance is increased the object is gradually lowered to the ground. Up to this time the retrieval object has been J<< KI8@E@E> Â&#x203A; G8>< ()

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“It is our intent to assist seniors with necessary medical care for their pets that they would have otherwise forgone due to inability to afford. We want to help seniors keep their companion animals without the pressure of financial burden,” according to Midge Nicosia, executive director of Victor Valley Community Services Council.

The program can pay a limited supplemental amount of veterinary bills directly to a veterinarian on a case by case basis.

Assistance is for necessary medical treatments such as shots, xrays, medication and general office visits that normally would not be affordable to a senior on a fixed income.

The income qualifications are based upon the Federal Poverty Guidelines.

Those interested can contact the Victor Valley Community Services Council to see if they qualify at 760-243-9646.

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et lovers are often ridiculed for their love affair with their pets but mostly I am sure they are misunderstood. We speak a different language; caretakers that treat their animals like family. Dog lovers do communicate with other dog lovers as if we do speak a different language. We may be speaking English but it’s foreign to those who don’t have this special bond and treat their pets as we do. My husband Tom says he believes our dog Abigail doesn’t know she’s a dog and as far as we’re concerned, we treat her as if she is one of our family.

The events that transpired in our quest to find a small dog while on a trip to visit the families of two of our grown children turned into quite an adventure.

“Abigail A Blessing” Plans had been made in the winter of the year 2000 to spend the Christmas and New Year holidays in Texas with our son and daughter and our seven

granddaughters. Our childhood friends Bruce and Barbara were going to fly out to spend a few days over New Year’s as well. My husband Tom and I had

decided to purchase a Terrier puppy while in San Antonio, as they were less expensive there than in Southern California. After making arrangements to look at some Toy Fox Terriers, Tom and our daughter suggested I check out the local pound first, reminding me we had adopted all our many pets from the pound in the past. But the next day I found an ad for some twelve week old Wire Fox Terriers for sale; now this was wonderful. Some of you older folks may remember “The Thin Man” movie series starring, Myrna Loy and William Powell and Asta, their ever present pooch, a Wire Fox Terrier. Now I’m really dating myself; I fell in love with these Terriers a long time ago.

These pups cost way more than we had set aside to buy a pedigree dog so I began praying to God about this. “Lord, if this is coveting I do not want you to grant my wishes but if this is at all possible I would dearly love one of these dogs”. I prayed that if it was God’s will for me to have this delight of my heart could he please make it possible in some

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Three days before Christmas we had word that our friend Bruce’s cancer had returned and he and Barbara would need to stay in California so he could begin treatments right away. We had celebrated the New Year with our dear friends since 1955 when our newborn sons were just one month old, being born three days apart. We decided to return home after Christmas to be with our friends to celebrate our many years long tradition.

Consequently, since we would not be staying longer as planned my husband said why not use the extra funds to purchase the Terrier puppy I wanted if they were still available. I made arrangements to go with my granddaughter to look at the one remaining female the following day. Driving through the countryside on the rain drenched road we were a mile from our destination when I began to get thoughts that I xshould not spend the money after J<< 89@>8@C 8 9C<JJ@E> G8>< 0

High Desert Pet Services SHELTERS • Apple Valley Animal Control & Shelter 22131 Powhatan Rd., Apple Valley Ph: 760-240-7000; Ext. 7555 for animal control/licenses; Ext. 7510 for the shelter.

View adoptable animals at Website: www.applevalley.org • Barstow Humane Society 2480 E. Main St., Barstow Ph: 760-252-4800 Adoptions at the shelter and on weekends at Victorville PetSmart.

• Hesperia Animal Control Shelter 11011 Santa Fe Avenue East, Hesperia Ph: 760-947-1700 View adoptable animals at Website: www.highdesertinsider.com • Victor Valley Animal Protective League (VVAPL) (The original

Shelter on Zuni Road) 21779 Zuni Road, Apple Valley Ph: 760-247-2102 View adoptable animals at Website: www.vvapl.com • San Bernardino County Devore Shelter 19777 Shelter Way, Devore Ph: 909-887-8055 or 800-472-5609 • San Bernardino County Shelter — High Desert 19575 Bear Valley Road, Apple Valley (next to Dog’s Day Inn boarding and grooming facility) Ph: 760-961-7535 Website: www.sbcounty.gov/acc

ADOPTION/ RESCUE GROUPS • German Shepherd Rescue of the High Desert www.gsrhd.com

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• Mustang-Spirit Equine Rescue P.O. Box 290640 Phelan, CA 92329 E-mail: info@mustang-spirit.org Website: www.mustang-spirit.org Ph: 888-267-0196 • North Star Pet Assistance E-mail: lindee33@charter.net Website: www.localrescue.org Ph: 760-953-3557 • PAL Humane Society P.O. Box 3298, Wrightwood Ph: 760-249-1237 Fax: www.palhumanesociety.org • Pets Forever Found Ph: 760-953-7140 www.PetsForeverFound.org Adoptions on Saturdays at Apple Valley PetSmart

• Tanya’s Adoption Network 4 Young Animals, Inc. Ph: 909-522-3333 P.O. Box 290254, Phelan, CA 92329 • Wee Bar None Ranch Pet Placement, Apple Valley Ph: 760-961-1859 E-mail: wbnr@earthlink.net Website: www.wee-bar-noneranch.petfinder.com

AFTER-HOURS EMERGENCY CLINICS • Animal Emergency Clinic 12180 Ridgecrest Road, Ste. 122, Victorville Ph: 760-962-1122 Hours: Weekdays 6 p.m. to 8 a.m.; weekends noon Saturday through 8 a.m. Monday; holidays 24 hours • Animal Medical Center 15013 Main St., Hesperia Ph: 760-947-6000 Open seven days 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.

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As all this was unfolding I could see why God cautioned me to wait and leave it to him and now I believed it was being confirmed that he indeed wanted me to have the delight of my heart. I have been crazy about dogs since I was a little girl and I remember how I thought how neat it would be some day to wake up on Christmas morning to find a little puppy under my Christmas tree. Now at the age of sixty-seven we picked up the newest

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hand held. Once the object reaches the ground the hands needs to be removed from the object. The dog needs to reach down, pick up the object and bring it to the handler, releasing when told into the hands of the handler. Once accomplished, the retrieval object can be tossed inches and the dog told to retrieve. Inches becomes feet and distance is increased as needed Training the retrieve requires rewards in the form of attitude, voice and/or treats. Force can be used. This force usually takes the form of opening jaws, pushing the retrieval object into the dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth, holding or tapping the underjaw as the dog holds the object. A common form of force involves and ear pinch as the dumbbell is pushed into the dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth. The release of the ear is immediate as the object enters the dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth and rewards follow immediately.

The emphasis should be on the rewards.

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trainers use the ear pinch but I have seen effective results without it.

Patience and timing are important in the use of force. The assistance of a successful professional trainer is always helpful. Patience is important as the above process will probably take months.

Rewards and trainer attitude make the process fun for the dog. Effective technique and patience makes the experience positive. Once learned, the retrieval can be used in many ways with different objects. Dogs learn patience and leaving the handler when told.

Overall control is improved. Learning the retrieve can be the bases for teaching many new and interesting behaviors.

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