A
view of the world from the eyes of another english springer spaniel...
Reporting in from numerous events around the area we welcome "Topher".
Introduction:
About the Owner:
Name: Morgan Haney
Title:Dog
Trainer
What
got me into training:
After failing Fostering 101 (adopting a rescue) I kept a tiny little
cocker/doxie mix who soon came to have plenty of bad habits. My mom
threatened to take her from me and adopt her out unless I trained
her. I was on "house arrest" until at least one
problem was solved. I ended up taking it a little too far and
trained JP (Jewel's Precious) to do everything Topher is now able to
do and more. JP died suddenly after being hit by a car. She
was searching for her "momma" who left her for a weekend.
She is dearly missed but will always stay in my heart. I thank
her everyday for the things she has taught me.
Abilities: able
to train any dog the basic 5 (sit, come, down, wait,
heel) within 6 weeks, titled dogs in Conformation, to
train a dog for specific sports such as agility, flyball, freestyle,
rally-o, obedience, Frisbee...
Happiest
Moments:
Bringing a rescue home and watching them come alive after a single
bath. Watching little children or sweet little lady’s faces
light up and laughing at our performance.
Biggest
Brags: Finishing
a beagle named "Bagel" in Conformation;
training/owning/handling the first ever Springer in a Skyhoundz
(disc dog).
Why
dog training? Why not? Training a dog is something only few can do. Dogs
with training are absolutely amazing and continue to amaze you
without training.
How
do you train: I
use positive reinforcement where I re-direct the dog to do what I am
asking rather than correcting something he hasn’t done. I
usually train with clickers and/or food to being a new trick so
that they can get the idea right away with what I am asking. I
wean the food and clickers off slowly after I know the dog knows
what I am asking. If the dog doesn’t know what you are
asking he is doing nothing wrong.
Favourite
dog sport: Aqua
Launch. I don’t know why it just looks like lots of fun! Police
dogs are my favourite kind of dog, even though it isn’t considered
a "sport" the dogs are trained to do a job.
Favourite
sport to compete in: Agility. Beyond exciting this is something that not all dogs can do and when
the dog is able to listen to you and manoeuvre through
an obstacle course with only a single command--it is just amazing.
Going to nursing homes and hospitals is also fun to do for me.
Advice: DON'T
GIVE UP! The worst thing to do is to give up on a dog before
he even knows what he is doing. You must teach the dog English
(unless you know "woof") before you can yell at him for
doing something wrong.
Morgan Haney is a dog trainer. Morgan is presently attending
High School and is working towards her major in Graphic Design or
Theatre. She is also going to take a Marketing Management class.
What
is the Canadian Disc Dog Association? Find out more about this interesting
sport by clicking here. To buy the
"Official
Canadian Disc Dog Association Fastback Disc" click here.
Traveling high and low -- let's meet Millie right here.
What is Flyball? Find out more about this interesting sport by clicking here.
Who are
these 2 teams from the Afterburners Flyball Club in Ottawa, Ontario -- Formula 1 and Pit
Crew? Find out here.
Oh look! What can that be? Is it a plane? No! It's Rollingview's Cape Crusader in the
Conformation Show Ring on the next page.
"Go -- down and back" to read all about his adventures right
here!
A view of the world from the eyes of an English Springer Spaniel on the next
page...
(Copyright,
2003.
Used with permission
from
Morgan Haney.)
Keep an eye open for different topics of interest such as: profiles on
people and their dogs, to name but a few interesting topics...Also, have a look at what Rita Susanto and "Justin" have been up to these
days.
Why not be part of "out and about" and send in your canine
companion's accomplishments to us. To do so, please send us a brief description of how you
both did in the event(s) along with the location(s) you and your canine were both in to: NK Concepts - Dog Supply Training Specialist.
A View of the World Through an
English Springer Spaniel
