training quote of the day...

leashedForLife · #1 (**permalink**) 03-07-2011, 04:18 AM

"My riding instructor said:
'You can only learn one thing at a time. Horses learn one thing at a time. We all learn
one thing at a time.' I looked at her. Then I said, 'Well, Border Collies learn three things
at once - & if you're not careful, they learn two of them the way you don't want them to."

~~~~~~~ Anonymous [who is, of course, female] ;-}

i love this one.

from my buddy & fellow-trainer, Stine Theed.

Twiggy · #2 (**permalink**) 03-07-2011, 08:38 AM

Yup - spot on Terry...

leashedForLife · #3 (**permalink**) 03-07-2011, 03:45 PM

'Panic is not an effective long-term organizing strategy.'
~ Starhawk, American activist & writer

via fellow Force-Free-trainer & author, Pat Miller.

lucylastic · #4 (**permalink**) 04-07-2011, 01:07 PM

On a more serious note, in dog training, best results come when we teach one thing at a time.

leashedForLife · #5 (**permalink**) 04-07-2011, 04:23 PM

"My most satisfying aspect of animal training is a very simple moment. After a show,
when I leave the stage door... & there is a crowd gathered, sometimes I hear someone say...
"How did they make that dog do that?"
I smile, because I am the only 'they', and I do it with love."

- William Berloni, the trainer who transformed a severely-abused dog from a shelter into Sandy,
the canine-star of the first Broadway production of 'Annie' in 1976.

http://tinyurl.com/3ufrfk3 The New York Times' Theater Special,
'Good Boy! A Trainer’s Tony Treat' -
Berloni was honored in June for his lengthy career of notable contributions to stage & screen.

Quote:

Scruffy mutts have been very good to Mr. Berloni since he was a recent high school graduate and aspiring actor in 1976 apprenticing at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. He was promised a part in one of its shows — and his Equity card — if he could find a dog and train it to play Little Orphan Annie’s best friend, Sandy.

He plucked the original Sandy from an animal shelter for $7 the day before the dog was to be euthanized.
After that 1976 Goodspeed run Mr. Berloni moved to a fifth-floor walkup in the West Village to attend New York University,
newly acquired Equity card and dog in tow. The acting career didn’t pan out, but when “Annie” moved to Broadway
a year later, Sandy ended up playing every single performance of the lengthy run (except for a two-week stretch
when he joined his young co-star, Andrea McArdle, in Liberace’s Las Vegas show).

“As far as I’m concerned, Bill’s indispensable,” said Martin Charnin, the lyricist and original director for 'Annie'.
“I’ve done 19 productions of ‘Annie’ with him, & the dog has responded wonderfully in each one."

leashedForLife · #6 (**permalink**) 05-07-2011, 02:46 PM

Dogs travel hundreds of miles during their lifetimes, responding to such commands as 'come' & 'fetch'."
~~~~~ Stephen Baker

leashedForLife · #7 (**permalink**) 06-07-2011, 04:11 AM

"I was haunted by trainers going, 'Up, up, up, get up...' You find yourself picking your head up
& then realizing, 'They aren't talking to me'."
~~~~~ Jeff Daniels, speaking about shooting the film, 101 Dalmatians.

grandad · #8 (**permalink**) 06-07-2011, 04:42 AM

Maturity is knowing that the volume knob can also be turned anti clockwise

leashedForLife · #9 (**permalink**) 07-07-2011, 11:39 AM

'In theory, there is no gap between theory and practice. In practice, there is.'
~~~~~~~~~ Yogi Berra

grandad · #10 (**permalink**) 07-07-2011, 02:33 PM

Every one wants to harvest, but not many are willing to plough

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