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Comment on I agree there is energy – everything does have energy – but there are also plain old basic learning principles that have been around for a long time. by christine randolph

christine randolph — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:33:58 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(biology)

it says on above web site that DNA cells are usually circular. …(i know i know “circular” is not “sperical”…)

i think proto-cells change their shape like an amoeba.

neurons look a bit like trees. if they distend, i think this could indicate that they are degenerating/dying, i.e.from BSE ?

Comment on Kevin Behan Playing Tug with Big Black Dog by christine randolph

christine randolph — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:56:32 +0000

related to lying down,

i was at the xcountry dog trail today.I ski, the dogs run off leash. one of my dogs found a bone and was guarding it instead of coming to the car when i wanted to leave.

i lay down in the snow about 50 meters away and rolled myself towards the dog.for whatever reason he did not perceive me as a threat, maybe also because my eyes were not focussed on him by virtue of rolling around like a rolling pin

when i was close enough i could take the bone and take him by the collar, then get up and take him to the car. he had absolutely no reaction to this, was docile.

if i had just walked to him he would have jumped away and run with his bone. (combination of play and guarding the bone)

Comment on Pushing with a Pit Bull by kbehan

kbehan — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:39:51 +0000

Before this Minky established a very strong push and in this sequence, Minky has so much energy that he’s finding it hard to focus so I’m allowing him to learn he’s wasting energy by being so hectic, by loading up and then unloading in a big pulse. I’m also allowing him to learn to focus on his gut-brain so as to collect himself and start to study my body movements with discrimination to know when he should exert himself. This collected focus will allow him to learn how to align with me and walk calmly next to me, even when energized.

Comment on Pushing with a Pit Bull by Alec

Alec — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:13 +0000

In this video you move away as the dog tries to jump up not allowing him to make contact. Are you trying to increase his drive, trying to make him wait for you to call him, or something else?

Comment on Kevin Behan Playing Tug with Big Black Dog by AZdogerman

AZdogerman — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:06:05 +0000

Ok thanks for all the info! I do like to get rowdy I think its fun and I’m amazed at her bite discrimination and being at the center of so much energy. So I will work on the aforementioned things. I will also be happy to be her moose if she learns to discern between people who want to be rough and those that don’t.

Comment on Kevin Behan Playing Tug with Big Black Dog by Heather

Heather — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:03:13 +0000

Happy likes it a lot if I lose my balance and fall – and is much more responsive to me after that if I play with him on the ground. He doesn’t seem to get overexcited.

Comment on Pushing with a Pit Bull by kbehan

kbehan — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:08:50 +0000

A hungry dog is a happy dog. Keep on Pushing Minky!

Comment on Set Your Moose Loose: I am not a moose, my dog is not a wolf and he doesn’t think I am a moose by kbehan

kbehan — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:20:25 +0000

Right, the form of the prey destabilizes the balance circuitry and so now the wolf needs grounding and feels compelled TO MAKE CONTACT with the moose. If the moose does nothing its predatory aspect reflects the projected emotion back onto the wolves and this triggers their physical memory of their mother putting a whooping on them and so this brings fear to the surface and the moose is safe. If the wolves can sustain their Drive To Make Contact because the physical memory of grounding might also come on line, (and exactly right, the hungrier they are, the more they will reference the little-brain-in-the-gut and so the more they can offset fear and project this right back onto moose.) If moose can’t handle this intensification of THE CHARGE, then it starts to feel a disconnect within its own body/mind and becomes nervous, i.e. its balance circuitry starts to hyper act and now it wants to move from this ungrounded place. The wolves now sense this unease, imbalance, dis-ease, and begin to press in and circle AROUND and behind the moose, their DRIVE energy is deflected by the magnetic component contributed by hunger circuitry. Now Moose is at risk of becoming completely con-fused, actually disconnected from its “self;” its connection to its own physical c-o-g, the core of its animal consciousness and might begin to panic. At some point, its predatory aspect BECOMES a stimulant, rather than an inhibitor, and wolves close in for strong bites and perhaps even grip it by the nose. And what is the rubbery snout/muzzle of a moose for a wolf? Its mother’s nipple. When they have the moose by the nose then they have leverage over its body.
Good luck with the “hunt” for the dog property. You’re exactly right, the strength of a desire begins to convert sterile inputs into prey values.

Comment on Kevin Behan Playing Tug with Big Black Dog by kbehan

kbehan — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:08:51 +0000

Yes, the risk is that the “negative” (eyes) collapses the elaboration process into a behavior and this could happen before you get to a full blown drive expression, so you don’t want to get to this step too soon. The dog is always giving your eyes credit, it’s always aware of your negative even when it isn’t looking at you so there’s no need to make an overt issue of it that can collapse the emotional state into an action prematurely. It’s very easy to tack it on at the end and make it an overt behavior.
Yes, if you feel your dog’s drive is strong enough in the push, and you’ve got a good bark going, you can throw the bark into the mix whenever you want in order to make the elaboration process more and more complex. The more complex the behavior, the more energy it can channel (as long as there is no loss of emotional velocity.)
Yes, you can let dog bring you to the ground. (I only recommend this for people who love to be physical with a dog. So if someone in the family is physical, and someone isn’t, that makes it easier for the dog to learn to discriminate between the two, just like we can learn who to joke around and don’t need to push the buttons of someone who is “touchy” by virtue of experiencing the fun of joking around with the kind of a person who is receptive to that stuff. So if someone doesn’t like being physical, don’t feel the need to be that way if the dog is getting its ya-yas out with someone who is. The dog can easily discern the distinction.) I also put on my coveralls, my hooded sweatshirt and then I like to cover up the bite object on the ground and have the dog overpower my form to get to the essence.

Comment on Pushing with a Pit Bull by Sylvia Spain

Sylvia Spain — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:03:51 +0000

Hi Kevin!

Hey, that’s my dog, Minky the extreme food motivated pit bull @ the NDT seminar @ the Orvis center in Manchester VT a couple summers ago.
As you can see, this dog is all muscles – and boy is he attracted to Kevin B! Mink is a super social, happy dog and lately we have been doing a lot of work using long leash and off leash at the farm, working on recall and maintaining a strong bond across distance.

Every famous trainer needs at least one pitbull in the crew, (I saw that even Ian Dunbar is hanging out with a big Blue pit, ha)
so if you ever want to borrow the Minkster again, Kevin, he would LOVE to see ya.