Puppies, Children, Dogs, Families
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Each year it is becoming
increasingly rewarding to the trainers at Pine Shadows - Morgan, Sophie,
Joannie and We have the Glenn family introducing
Stella and Alex to handling their dog Lacey,
Nate Gervenak with his black lab pup Storm
and Chris Solseth and his boys working with their golden, Bailey, and Rob Schulke works Tess and sometimes Windsor. I am missing some of the
names and faces but there are a number of young people who come to the
training sessions with their parents, always exploring the edges of the pond,
the tall grass prairie wildlife and even catching grasshoppers and
salamanders and bunnies to bring home. The kids can do the playing while the
parents are working their dogs. Our grandkids come out as
well and work Lacy and Rigby, then help plant birds on the
golf cart, check out the spider webs in the grass, pull wild flowers and get to
enjoy the company of other little people.
It is a perfect opportunity to show my grandkids and the other little
people the small wonders of nature. What dog training and
raising kids can do is teach you patience, inquisitiveness, and looking at
things from the eyes of the child. That is what dog training
is all about as well; look at the training process through the eyes of your
pup. What do they see, what are they picking up from your actions, make the
right things easy and the wrong things difficult for them to do. Take the
time to introduce your kids to the hunting world and you will be rewarded
many times over.
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