OT - Dogs In Flight

"Dean S. Lautermilch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I trying to stay active every day. I am not weighing myself but using
clothes as a guide. I am losing as my belt needs about notch at least an
inch shorter.

Here are the images from Saturday. I never knew dogs could fly.

http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/disc

They're definitely getting their exercise! And dogs naturally would eat low
carb (if we didn't fill up their dog food with grains)...so it's maybe a
tiny bit on topic? 🙂

--
Sherry
360/?/195
low carb since 4/4/05
NEW - My Low Carb site: http://lowcarb.owly.net

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Dean S. Lautermilch said:

I trying to stay active every day. I am not weighing myself but using
clothes as a guide. I am losing as my belt needs about notch at least an
inch shorter.

Here are the images from Saturday. I never knew dogs could fly.

http://www.pbase.com/lautermilch/disc

Man, I wish I could teach my Border Collie how to do that!

I've trained her to jump up and take a frisbee from my hand and am
trying to "launch" the frisbee slightly before she grabs it, but I can't
get her to understand that I want her to chase the frisbee!

How do I get her to fetch???
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Quoted message said:

I've trained her to jump up and take a frisbee from my hand and am

trying to "launch" the frisbee slightly before she grabs it, but I
can't
get her to understand that I want her to chase the frisbee!>

What makes you think she doesn't understand? She's smart enough to know
that at the end of the day you'll still feed her, give her water, and
love her just as much. So why should she bust her ass for you?

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I've trained her to jump up and take a frisbee from my hand and am

trying to "launch" the frisbee slightly before she grabs it, but I
can't
get her to understand that I want her to chase the frisbee!>

What makes you think she doesn't understand? She's smart enough to know
that at the end of the day you'll still feed her, give her water, and
love her just as much. So why should she bust her ass for you?

I see you know zipp about Border Collies...... ;-)

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Quoted message said:

I see you know zipp about Border Collies......>

But I do know dogs, and when your being led down the street scooping up
[censored], bagging it, and brining it home, who do you think is REALLY in
charge?

Quoted message said:

Man, I wish I could teach my Border Collie how to do that!

I've trained her to jump up and take a frisbee from my hand and am
trying to "launch" the frisbee slightly before she grabs it, but I can't
get her to understand that I want her to chase the frisbee!

How do I get her to fetch???

I once saw this thing on tv about a guy who was very into training dogs
to ctach things in the air. IIRC he provided such dogs for tv and films
or maybe just had some sort of show that he took on the road. Anyway, he
advised using the frisbee as a food dish to strengthen the bond to the
frisbee.
Perhaps the dog eventually believes you are throwing him his dinner!
Anyway, I don't have a dog so I can't try it out myself. Report back if
it works.

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TheGist said:

Quoted message said:

Man, I wish I could teach my Border Collie how to do that!

I've trained her to jump up and take a frisbee from my hand and am
trying to "launch" the frisbee slightly before she grabs it, but I can't
get her to understand that I want her to chase the frisbee!

How do I get her to fetch???

I once saw this thing on tv about a guy who was very into training dogs
to ctach things in the air. IIRC he provided such dogs for tv and films
or maybe just had some sort of show that he took on the road. Anyway, he
advised using the frisbee as a food dish to strengthen the bond to the
frisbee.
Perhaps the dog eventually believes you are throwing him his dinner!
Anyway, I don't have a dog so I can't try it out myself. Report back if
it works.

That's not a bad idea... :-)

I DO serve treats so might use it as a treat dish?

She is free-fed kibbles so gets to eat all she wants.

She is anything but fat so it's not a problem.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Quoted message said:

That's not a bad idea... :-)

I DO serve treats so might use it as a treat dish?

She is free-fed kibbles so gets to eat all she wants.

She is anything but fat so it's not a problem.

That sounds just as good of an idea. Not sure if it makes a difference.
If it does make a difference is that because dogs know a difference
between snack time and meal time? I doubt if they do so I bet it would
be just as good.

My Golden retriever would retrieve balls and sticks but not frisbees.
I couldn't understand it, I think may be he thought it was just a human
toy.

Until I smeared some peanut butter on the bottom of the frisbee, now he
gets frisbees too.

--Falooley

Try this... first get her to catch a ball that you throw. Once she has
learned to catch a ball, she will be easier to train to catch other
items that are thrown to her. A ball is light and "friendly" and
something that will give her enjoyment to catch. In fact, given a ball,
dogs will throw it around and catch it by themselves once they are used
to it. It takes longer to teach dogs to catch unusually shaped items,
or items that may appear to weigh too much.

Barbara

TheGist said:

Quoted message said:

That's not a bad idea... :-)

I DO serve treats so might use it as a treat dish?

She is free-fed kibbles so gets to eat all she wants.

She is anything but fat so it's not a problem.

That sounds just as good of an idea. Not sure if it makes a
difference. If it does make a difference is that because dogs know a
difference between snack time and meal time? I doubt if they do so I
bet it would be just as good.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

My Golden retriever would retrieve balls and sticks but not frisbees.
I couldn't understand it, I think may be he thought it was just a human
toy.

Until I smeared some peanut butter on the bottom of the frisbee, now he
gets frisbees too.

--Falooley

I'm going to have to try that. ;-)

Jewels LOVES p-nut butter!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

BJPruett said:

Try this... first get her to catch a ball that you throw. Once she has
learned to catch a ball, she will be easier to train to catch other
items that are thrown to her. A ball is light and "friendly" and
something that will give her enjoyment to catch. In fact, given a ball,
dogs will throw it around and catch it by themselves once they are used
to it. It takes longer to teach dogs to catch unusually shaped items,
or items that may appear to weigh too much.

Barbara

She'll "catch" anything I toss up in the air now, but then drop it
rather than retrieving it. :-P
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson