Comments on: Learning to Communicate http://tiptail.com/2007/10/05/learning-to-communicate/ Four smooth collies and two border collies Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:56:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Cynthia Blue http://tiptail.com/2007/10/05/learning-to-communicate/#comment-1215 Cynthia Blue Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:27:05 +0000 http://66.212.24.93/tiptail/?p=526#comment-1215 Hi Jim thanks for your comment. I agree... if learning is fun then they will keep wanting to do it. Same with people too! Kids should learn that learning is fun and they can succeed! Hi Jim thanks for your comment. I agree… if learning is fun then they will keep wanting to do it. Same with people too! Kids should learn that learning is fun and they can succeed!

]]> By: Cynthia Blue http://tiptail.com/2007/10/05/learning-to-communicate/#comment-15470 Cynthia Blue Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:27:05 +0000 http://66.212.24.93/tiptail/?p=526#comment-15470 Hi Jim thanks for your comment. I agree... if learning is fun then they will keep wanting to do it. Same with people too! Kids should learn that learning is fun and they can succeed! Hi Jim thanks for your comment. I agree… if learning is fun then they will keep wanting to do it. Same with people too! Kids should learn that learning is fun and they can succeed!

]]> By: SheltieJim http://tiptail.com/2007/10/05/learning-to-communicate/#comment-1214 SheltieJim Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:28:35 +0000 http://66.212.24.93/tiptail/?p=526#comment-1214 Ain't it the truth! Communicating with a dog, never mind a pack, is a real skill. Of course, they're smarter than we are, 'cause we take much longer to understand dog than they do English. I am absolutely fascinated to watch how dogs communicate amongst themselves, and I try hard to learn from that how I can communicate better with them. But it's really the process of watching them learn how to communicate with us that is so amazing. Some dogs get it immediately, while others take a loooong time. Cynthia, your comment about "learning how to learn" is really spot on. Back when I had my first Sheltie, Merlin (OTCh Merlin!), people asked me all the time how I had "trained" him to know and do so much. My answer was always that I had ensured that he knew how to learn and how much fun learning could be, and the rest was mostly showing him something a couple of times or leaving a rule book with him overnight :) Thanks for the insights! Ain’t it the truth!

Communicating with a dog, never mind a pack, is a real skill. Of course, they’re smarter than we are, ’cause we take much longer to understand dog than they do English.

I am absolutely fascinated to watch how dogs communicate amongst themselves, and I try hard to learn from that how I can communicate better with them. But it’s really the process of watching them learn how to communicate with us that is so amazing. Some dogs get it immediately, while others take a loooong time.

Cynthia, your comment about “learning how to learn” is really spot on. Back when I had my first Sheltie, Merlin (OTCh Merlin!), people asked me all the time how I had “trained” him to know and do so much. My answer was always that I had ensured that he knew how to learn and how much fun learning could be, and the rest was mostly showing him something a couple of times or leaving a rule book with him overnight :)
Thanks for the insights!

]]> By: SheltieJim http://tiptail.com/2007/10/05/learning-to-communicate/#comment-15469 SheltieJim Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:28:35 +0000 http://66.212.24.93/tiptail/?p=526#comment-15469 Ain't it the truth! Communicating with a dog, never mind a pack, is a real skill. Of course, they're smarter than we are, 'cause we take much longer to understand dog than they do English. I am absolutely fascinated to watch how dogs communicate amongst themselves, and I try hard to learn from that how I can communicate better with them. But it's really the process of watching them learn how to communicate with us that is so amazing. Some dogs get it immediately, while others take a loooong time. Cynthia, your comment about "learning how to learn" is really spot on. Back when I had my first Sheltie, Merlin (OTCh Merlin!), people asked me all the time how I had "trained" him to know and do so much. My answer was always that I had ensured that he knew how to learn and how much fun learning could be, and the rest was mostly showing him something a couple of times or leaving a rule book with him overnight :) Thanks for the insights! Ain't it the truth! Communicating with a dog, never mind a pack, is a real skill. Of course, they're smarter than we are, 'cause we take much longer to understand dog than they do English. I am absolutely fascinated to watch how dogs communicate amongst themselves, and I try hard to learn from that how I can communicate better with them. But it's really the process of watching them learn how to communicate with us that is so amazing. Some dogs get it immediately, while others take a loooong time. Cynthia, your comment about "learning how to learn" is really spot on. Back when I had my first Sheltie, Merlin (OTCh Merlin!), people asked me all the time how I had "trained" him to know and do so much. My answer was always that I had ensured that he knew how to learn and how much fun learning could be, and the rest was mostly showing him something a couple of times or leaving a rule book with him overnight :) Thanks for the insights!

]]> By: Cynthia Blue http://tiptail.com/2007/10/05/learning-to-communicate/#comment-1213 Cynthia Blue Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:17:40 +0000 http://66.212.24.93/tiptail/?p=526#comment-1213 Hi Perro. I love clicker training. I was a skeptic at first, but I'll never train a dog again without it. Hi Perro. I love clicker training. I was a skeptic at first, but I’ll never train a dog again without it.

]]> By: Cynthia Blue http://tiptail.com/2007/10/05/learning-to-communicate/#comment-15468 Cynthia Blue Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:17:40 +0000 http://66.212.24.93/tiptail/?p=526#comment-15468 Hi Perro. I love clicker training. I was a skeptic at first, but I'll never train a dog again without it. Hi Perro. I love clicker training. I was a skeptic at first, but I'll never train a dog again without it.

]]> By: perro http://tiptail.com/2007/10/05/learning-to-communicate/#comment-1216 perro Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:20:19 +0000 http://66.212.24.93/tiptail/?p=526#comment-1216 Wow, very insightful ideas. I have never dabbled in clicker training with any of my dogs before but you have me intrigued and I think I am going to do some research on it. Wow, very insightful ideas. I have never dabbled in clicker training with any of my dogs before but you have me intrigued and I think I am going to do some research on it.

]]> By: perro http://tiptail.com/2007/10/05/learning-to-communicate/#comment-15467 perro Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:20:19 +0000 http://66.212.24.93/tiptail/?p=526#comment-15467 Wow, very insightful ideas. I have never dabbled in clicker training with any of my dogs before but you have me intrigued and I think I am going to do some research on it. Wow, very insightful ideas. I have never dabbled in clicker training with any of my dogs before but you have me intrigued and I think I am going to do some research on it.

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