Quote Originally Posted by NicoleLJ
borzoimom - Great post. I agree whole heartedly. Sheena is trained to take control. Take for example when I have a panic attack in a crowded store. She is trained to take control and guide me to a safe place. She is even trained to find help or if I am close to home to take me home. She is trained to find indiviual people in a store. All I have to do is say their name and she takes me to them. Certian service dogs are trained to "disobey" in certain cases. But other types of working dogs are trained to strictly obey.

One of the reasons I don't title Sheena in Obedience(though she could do most of it) is because some of the commands go agianst her training. I do not want her to be trained to think she ahs to obey every time when it comes to somethign where she needs to disobey to make sure she does her job. Do I make sense? I hope I do.
Nicole & Sheena PSD OFA FD FDX
Nicole- I have shared this before but not on this thread. My Zubin has a gift. Now both he and his sister Galina work with children with cancer at two hospitals. However- Zubin has a gift.. He has had it since day one- keeping in mind, all of these children have some form of cancer, but Zubin can tell which one is failing- and the joke of this is- it sometimes goes against the medical reports. We have had situations of a child being sent to a huge childrens hospital as failing in cancer recovery- Zubin acts a little like a goof ball- willing to play fetch with the child- wagging his tail slowly.. The child was discharge in two weeks from the new hospital with a " yes its in full remission" . Another child- was supposed to be discharged with only treatments- Zubin would not leave that child- he stood there with his head in his lap pressing gently- would not leave ( the story is on my website).. The child died that night when the next morning he was supposed to be discharged- ... How he knows- we have no clue- but of the 7 pups in this litter- 4 are now therapy dogs- not bred with that in mind- the parents are top show dogs- but 4 in this litter are Therapy dogs- and it comes natural to them... Borzois are supposed to be rather aloof and dignified etc- these guys are open- calmly friendly and bothered by NOTHING! ... And Zubin and Galina are flat out hams in the ring- Look at the judges face on my website under our dogs- and look at the judges face under Zubin- ....