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[Foxxee]

[phoenixbrd]

Proving that animals are potentiality smarter than people.

[Tinkrbl44]

 @Foxxee 

Wow.   How exactly do you teach a dog to disobey?

[Foxxee]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

 @Foxxee 

Wow.   How exactly do you teach a dog to disobey?

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@Tinkrbl44 

I suppose they disobey when they sense danger.  They learn some dangers during extensive training.

It's a good question I'd like to know, too. 

[godi]

Wow! 

[violann]

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@Foxxee wrote:

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If you ever happen to have some time in a community where guide dogs are trained, and you happen to have an hour or so to sit on a park bench on one of those quieter backstreets where the newbie doggies and newbie humans begin their early days of real, on street training,

be prepared.

Have a hankie closeby, just in case you wind up seeing a miracle. May happen, or may not, but whatever, you still may need that hankie to dab your eyes before you go on your way.

[millieshops]

@Tinkrbl44   I do not know how they are trained,but because for more than a decade we lived near a fully blind neighbor who walked our sidewalks regularly with his dog, I know well-trained dogs do incredible work for us.

The only "danger" I ever saw that beautiful setter walk him into was spray from our lawn sprinkler and we all decided the only reason even that happened was that the spray wasn't an obvious problem when it was moving away from the sidewalk.

That problem happened only once, but I believe we 3 humans learned avoidance techniques, not the dog.

[Foxxee]

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@violann wrote:

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@Foxxee wrote:

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If you ever happen to have some time in a community where guide dogs are trained, and you happen to have an hour or so to sit on a park bench on one of those quieter backstreets where the newbie doggies and newbie humans begin their early days of real, on street training,

be prepared.

Have a hankie closeby, just in case you wind up seeing a miracle. May happen, or may not, but whatever, you still may need that hankie to dab your eyes before you go on your way.

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@violann 

I would like to see them.  Must check to see if there are any in my area.  Thanks for the tip.  

[Goldengate8361]

Maybe I am part dog....I disobey all the time and I think I do so intelligently! 

[phoenixbrd]

@violann   This concerns me.  Are the animals harmed in any way when they are trained.  I couldn't stand it...animals who are harmed in labs or factory farming turns my stomach.  Please confirm that the hankie is require because of kindness nor harm in the name of "training".