Lost For Words In A Good Way

[munkinmama]

wow just wow i am so impressed with Jellybean tonight. I went to meet the lady who found my Medical USB card that had gotten ripped off of Jellybean's vest. Well I did not know there was a football game today so the train was packed. I mean there were people cm away from stepping on her and she remained calm and did not move. So glad to see the training in effect though we have a long way to go I started to get anxious and had her do deep pressure therapy for a few moments and after she was done she laid down again under my legs. I am still amazed at the fact she is only 6 months old and remained this calm with a very high distraction level. There were a couple people who did pet her as they walked by. One guy got told by the girls he was with not to touch Miss Jellybean as her vest says "no touch, no talk, no eye contact" this guy said "yes i know but i see a dog and i have to touch them" them ladies gave him a serious talking to before i could say anything. There was one guy who asked what type of service dog she was being trained as i told him and it was cool he told me he is fostering 4 dogs for one of the agencies here in the city it was great to meet someone who understands what it takes to train a service dog. He told me the 4 dogs were going to be at the football game. She did not try to jump on anyone, even the lady we were meeting up with. She was such a good girl.

 

[Tanishq]

Yes munkinmama, jellybean is getting along with your training. You are getting success! This is cheerful news! Thanks for sharing it here. :)

May I ask? Is that jellybean in your avatar? She looks cute.

 

[munkinmama]

yes that is my girl :)

 

[DharmaGirl]

Wow! She is doing so well! It's great that guy was so nice about you training yourself. This one lady was so aggressive asking me what service she provided. It was in a park, so really it was none of her business. She appeared to look down on people who train their own dogs. Maybe it was transference though, since it bothers me when people take their tiny dogs into a store in a shopping cart and call them service dogs. They are really just pets. A friend of mine did this with her dog, and she would tell me why her dog was a service dog, but the dog making her feel good is not a service dog.

Oh, I'm sorry to rant on your post. It's a lot of work to train a service dog. It sounds like you are doing an excellent job!

 

[munkinmama]

no worries I understand. I get mad at the websites out there that promote people lying their pets are Service dogs. It makes it hard for us who actually have Service Dogs . Some people just do not get it takes a lot of time to train our dog. All we can do is educate either by telling people or by our actions.

 

[anthony]

Nice... sounds like great progress.