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Subject: i agree ... Posted by oldgirlCBR, jahren@jhu.edu on September 07, 2008 at 20:56:17: In Reply to: Re: Some questions for Christina ... posted by Donna on September 07, 2008 at 19:57:14: I agree ... and more, I'd say Hunter is experimenting with a role where he takes care of your daughter, trying to figure out if that's his job. The keeping track of her, nipping, pushing her around, while it doesn't seem to be hurting her, he needs to be told to BACK OFF before he gets the bright idea to really lay down his law. He needs to be told and shown, with a big growl, that whether or not she behaves or misbehaves is NONE OF HIS BEESWAX. That his role is as her friend, not as her disciplinarian. It's hard for him, because he knows she's rather helpless, and he knows she's extremely valuable, but he's not sure how much of keeping her safe is "on him" so to speak. When Charles was a baby in his crib, when he cried, I'd do a down-stay to Reba, make her go down next to the crib, and wait while I changed him or fed him. If she was quiet and good, she got a praise and release *after* I was done meeting his needs. I think this allowed her to realize that 1. she would get attention only after little one got what he needed, and 2. she knew what to do to be "good" while little guy got attention -- I think CBRs need to have a task at being "good", they want to do a "job", and if they have one (even if it is sitting quietly) they are much more relaxed. Then when Charles started to crawl and toddle she experimented with giving him a disciplinary growl, and THAT got her nowhere. I grabbed her and growled in her face, nooooooooo, you don't like it you get up and walk away, but you may NOT tell him what to do and what not to do, that's my job ... rrr ... When they can barely move their arms, they can dump out a scoop of dogfood, into the bowl while doggie is in a sit-stay waiting to be released a few yards away. This can start to help give him the idea that she's a "people"-in-training as it were. chessies and dogs, I got a million stories ...
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