Doodle lovers must watch this!

[Joan]

Check out this story and video. 

 

http://todayhealth.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/21/10780622-gi...

[Kyoko]

How wonderful!!

 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

You might be interested in another perspective on this situation.

http://smartdog.typepad.com/smart_dog/2012/03/dog-body-language-how...

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

OK-everyone is sending this viseo link to me and before that I watched it and although it was CUTE-I couldn't believe they way she was pulling it around, I said poor dog countless times. The parents have a lot of work ahead of them and the sooner the better.

[Jane, Rooney & Stuart]

Like I said on the other post, Rooney and Stuart's trainer told me that this dog has a prong collar on - if so then this is very sad and I feel for the dog.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

The correction - based training was the first thing I saw as I watched this segment. I admit, it bothered me the entire time. Really bothered me. It was clear, the dog was trained, but the family was not. And, I'm a user of this method when done gently and correctly for appropriate situations.
Glad I'm not the only one who did not think this was just a cute segment.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

This is actually posted in another discussion on the front page right now and another member brought up all the same points. I was glad it got posted because I caused me to look beyond the cuteness factor.

http://www.doodlekisses.com/forum/topics/did-you-see-the-goldendood...

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Thanks Laurie. Not much DK time with the foster puppy keeping me very busy. I see it now, but I can't cut and paste from this phone.....

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

I saw Sweetie on the front page yesterday. Good luck with the fostering and finding her a wonderful home.

[Linda and Murphy]

I was also upset with the video.  I wasn't sure if it was a choke or a prong collar. The family didn't seem to have much dog sense. I thought he was awfully young to asked to perform these tasks and not be distracted ...ie not getting to play.  I hope it is better than it seems at home.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Not only is he awfully young, but from what I have been able to determine, he has never really been trained for service work. He was living in a home with at least 10 other dogs, and the "trainer" is a young woman with an infant, her own ten dogs, and whatever clients' dogs she takes in from one week to the next, who operates her own independent training business with herself as the sole employee and trainer. Real assistance dogs typical receive one-on-one training for months if not years, working day in and day out with a dedicated handler.

We know that even those of us with one or two or three young dogs and babies or small children have a hard time just getting our dogs solid with basic obedience. How much chance do you think there is that this dog was properly prepared for this very demanding work? At best, he had some rudimentary obedience training before being placed in a strange home with inexperienced dog owners and this three old handler.

[Nugget's Family]

Wow...I didn't notice the prong collar.  Bad news for sure.  I just thought he was a "very calm" doodle.  Now the story definitely seems disturbing.

[Sally, Ditzy Mitzi & Sgt. Pepper]

Gracious!  Never looked at it from the poor dog's point of view, they simply showed how a child was surviving with

the help of a service dog.