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Fall Camp #5 Fun @ The Dog Park!
A picture is worth more than a thousand words! We visited a city park with the Campers and they got to meet some strange dogs and play in the beautiful water fountain! The main purpose was to let them enjoy each other’s company and burn off some excess energy for the visit to Lincoln Road Mall.
Well Trained Working Dogs :-) – updated with video
Yesterday, Sheyla Gutiérrez from the Dog Connection training team was in St. Petersburg, FL filming a commercial with three of her dogs: Minnie the Pug, Fanta the 9 month old Border Collie, and her “borrowed dog” Dealer the 9 year old Border Collie. For Dealer, who’s owned by her friend Annette Alfonso, TV work and even movie work is a fairly common thing, but though Minnie had been on TV shows before, this was her first time working in a commercial. For baby Fanta, this was her first job ever and a chance to show off some of her tricks and test how her training is coming along. All dogs did remarkably well. They had to drive more than 5 hours to get to St. Petersburg, stay at the Hilton Hotel there, then wait in their soft crates (quietly) for their turn during the day. The filming was done in a Park setting, and then inside a house. The park was full of joggers and people, and of course distractions. The house was pretty crowded with people and equipment. The dogs had several different behaviors to perform within these distractions, with Sheyla standing outside behind the camera. Minnie got the best deal, as one of her scenes involved licking peanut butter off of the lead character’s face! Dealer had to walk nicely on leash, while Fanta got to “play dead”. All scenes were finished on time and according to the director’s wishes. This was only possible thanks to the dog’s training! Everyone had a great time and the dogs got a lot of attention from crew and cast alike. All in all, another memorable experience thanks to well trained working dogs 🙂
Good Morning Pack!
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The 4th session for camp was SUPER fun!!! Its amazing how much progress we can see in our campers in such a short time – particularly in those that seemed a bit insecure initially or were too distracted by new things to concentrate!
As campers arrived in the morning, they enjoyed some play time and a chance to do their business before going in the house. We then did a more structured play time, separating campers into 4 different groups that would be assigned to a specific handlers. The idea was to “test” the dogs working together and with a specific Camp Counselor in a familiar setting, since later we would be asking them to walk and respond to commands closely together. We had a back-up counselor in each training group to help, and we put the dogs through some of their obedience behaviors like stays and recalls. This allowed us to have one of us free to take pictures of the campers at play 🙂 the main purpose was to mix dogs and get them comfortable with each other. We were able to get all dogs together to start off the day and finish it. An excellent practice for our field trip!
The pictures probably don’t do it justice, but its really impressive, and lots of fun for us as expectators, to see 14 dogs of very different breeds, sizes and personalities play and romp together!!!!
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