tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post5047545031159353310..comments2024-03-02T23:39:15.327-05:00Comments on The Elka Almanac: Book Review: Teaching the Dog to Think, by Kimberley DavisJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-26565256788388715032012-06-17T17:17:05.581-04:002012-06-17T17:17:05.581-04:00Oh neat! Looking forward to it ^^Oh neat! Looking forward to it ^^Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-52192456534641440642012-06-17T16:54:07.982-04:002012-06-17T16:54:07.982-04:00Yes, I do. I have a new dog book I'm working o...Yes, I do. I have a new dog book I'm working on now that I'm hoping to have out by next spring (2013). I can't talk about it yet, though . . .. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-51248630620600484642012-06-14T13:18:23.462-04:002012-06-14T13:18:23.462-04:00Hi Kimberly
Thanks so much for reading! Thank you...Hi Kimberly<br />Thanks so much for reading! Thank you also for considering a change in further editions! I did in fact enjoy the rest of the book and am happy to have read it. I think that you raised a lot of good points, and as I said, it's a brave thing to discuss some of the things you mentioned (we can get in a mindset that we want our dogs to listen because we said so, etc.) Not a lot of dog people want to mention that they thought things like that, ever. A lot of us didn't know that there was anything else, however.<br /><br />So again, I did enjoy reading your book, and thanks for coming and commenting on my blog! Do you have anything else in the works? ;)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-49360545158157915442012-06-14T08:44:47.198-04:002012-06-14T08:44:47.198-04:00Hi Jen and Elka, and everyone: I enjoyed your revi...Hi Jen and Elka, and everyone: I enjoyed your review and your comments on my book. I'm really sorry if I sounded like I was beating up on Dobies and Rotties. I was trying to be funny there, and I can see now that line fell flat. Oh dear! If the book goes into another edition, I shall have to try and nuance that line a bit more. I hope you enjoyed the rest of the book. Thank you for reading my work. Cheers, Kimberly DavisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-70937954695048243932012-05-07T10:12:39.724-04:002012-05-07T10:12:39.724-04:00@2browndawgs choke chains and clickers tend to be ...@2browndawgs choke chains and clickers tend to be conflicting philosophical methods, so she did not further discuss whether choke chains were viable on dogs other than Willow. It was what she had used in the past, though, and she had competed in local obedience stuff as a child with a Border Collie, Tippy. Not being a choke chain fan myself, I didn't mind the gap there, but I can see your point. Part of what she discussed was that she'd never tried anything else; it was ALWAYS a choke chain. So any differing method at all that didn't involve crank and yank wasn't on her radar.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-4329784087999563032012-05-07T08:13:07.391-04:002012-05-07T08:13:07.391-04:00I agree with Kenzo.
Too many people claim to of...I agree with Kenzo. <br /><br />Too many people claim to offer their training advice and really have not worked with enough dogs to make it valuable. For example, maybe the choke chains did not work for her dog, but it is not to say that it doesn't work for every dog. I haven't read the book, maybe that was made clear?2browndawgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792375606466389228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-55356997780693052482012-05-06T15:37:07.433-04:002012-05-06T15:37:07.433-04:00Yes, the book was definitely worthwhile!
It surp...Yes, the book was definitely worthwhile! <br /><br />It surprises me how many people are scared by different dog breeds, especially if they're never had any interactions with them. Or maybe that's why; they haven't had the experience to prove the hype otherwise. It's a shame, really.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-13510742724915166122012-05-06T13:55:56.457-04:002012-05-06T13:55:56.457-04:00@Pamela - and esp. as Willow apparently had her ow...@Pamela - and esp. as Willow apparently had her own number of issues. I recently shared a photo of Justus, my Dobie/hound blend, with a very dog savvy person. It is one where he looks particularly Dobie with a hard eye (totally unlike him in real life); she confessed Dobermanns scare her...I was surprised yet pleased she felt able to share. I'm glad the book was worthwhile otherwise and yes, EVERY DOG CAN BITE.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17445732008559186410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-42287398853922674522012-05-06T13:46:25.081-04:002012-05-06T13:46:25.081-04:00That does seem like a likely take on it, Pamela. A...That does seem like a likely take on it, Pamela. As I said, it was one sentence, and she didn't badmouth the Rottie in class with them. I do hope that her educational doggie journey included the realization that Dobermans and Rottweilers, while Big Scary Black Dogs, are not inherently vicious killers that could take your head off at any moment.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-62542436085103146742012-05-06T12:45:23.874-04:002012-05-06T12:45:23.874-04:00You said the book was honest. And the author was a...You said the book was honest. And the author was able to describe how she made it past other misconceptions. <br /><br />Maybe being honest in her prejudice about Dobies and Rotties is the first step in her learning yet another new thing. It must have been a shocking thing for you to read, but hopefully it's not an indication of her long term feelings on the matter.Pamelahttp://www.somethingwagging.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-40328841305025745832012-05-06T11:51:47.418-04:002012-05-06T11:51:47.418-04:00It's kind of funny, though, because there was ...It's kind of funny, though, because there was a Rottweiler in the agility classes, and there were no comments referencing worry about him. He and Willow were the two big dogs, and had to work on their hind end awareness when it came to certain pieces of equipment.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938120942169485220.post-44497220723661283392012-05-06T07:16:24.341-04:002012-05-06T07:16:24.341-04:00Yet still, that one sentence explains to me the au...Yet still, that one sentence explains to me the author still has no clue of what dogs are about.Team Kenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06113604410676702370noreply@blogger.com