>>>I
have noticed that it is not a good idea to think in terms of good hair
days or a grumpy mood etc- it does not matter the reason but the fact
that she is giving the actions then you take care of them ala CAT (even
those given to Kate) I would go back behind the threshold and start.
Don't fall into the explaining trap now - remember that if you don't
take heed of her yelling at you (in this case) you might be proving to
her that there is something to worry about....
Ah yes, I've just had a rueful laugh at myself, isn't that too funny, one less encouraging session and it's not only Jedda who fell back into old thinking patterns..... OOPS!!
Hi all, We had our 14th Cat session with Jedda yesterday, it was slightly less than satisfying as she went back to pinned ears and nose stuck out when Kate got...
Hi Laura, Just like in clicker training, we can get extinction bursts in CAT. I would say that no, you did not need to increase the distance. What you need to...
We had our 14th Cat session with Jedda yesterday, it was slightly less than satisfying as she went back to pinned ears and nose stuck out when Kate got closer...
Hi Dolores, Thanks for that considered reply, I spent a lot of yesterday "thinking" about how to look at our 14th session in strictly CAT terms, and the ...
Laurel, Whoa girl :) ""Don't click the hand touch" when during the CAT process she comes to touch me, but then you are saying I can now offer my hand to her as...
Hi Julie, ... days or a grumpy mood etc- it does not matter the reason but the fact that she is giving the actions then you take care of them ala CAT (even...
Hi Laurel, It hurts us to the core when our fragile flowers turn their rumps on us!!! Particularly when we think we've got the keys to the kingdom!! You've...
Conway, Julie E
Julie.Conway@...
Jul 6, 2009 4:51 pm
I'd like to rephrase a portion of my e-mail: "came after me rearing and striking" I'm not quite sure what was happening, because my back was turned, but out...
Conway, Julie E
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Jul 6, 2009 7:19 pm
Julie!! Keep yourself safe!! As one who has experienced all the downs as well as the soaring ups these girls send our way, I too have sat and cried, I must ...
Laurel, Guess what I was doing with her..... I had her trotting round me at liberty, I was feeling like Klaus Hempfling and Alexander Nevzorov all rolled into...
Conway, Julie E
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Jul 6, 2009 10:56 pm
I know it's hard. But, try to remember that C/T is pressure too. The pressure to succeed sometimes that the horse puts on itself until the steam vent blows. ...
Hi Dolores, "In retrospect which is usually where we find the 20/20, do you thing she had begun to bottle up at the point of headlowering? That's a yes on...
Conway, Julie E
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Jul 7, 2009 6:30 pm
... Two things stand out. One she did not offer head lowering during CAT and second that she threw her head down. It's almost a panic response. I'll put human...
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