So since the only time right now that there's daylight and I am not working is right at sunrise, that is when I work my dogs. I was out this morning in the cold and snow working on fuss with my female in a park that technically has a sign saying "no dogs allowed" and when I came back to the truck with her there was a squad car sitting not too far from my Suburban. I put my female into her crate, and said "good morning" to the officer. He was all excited watching my dog, went on about how beautiful she is and told me about his K9 that he just had to retire. He then watched me work my male before he took off. No mention about the no dogs in the park rule! Anyone else ever have an officer come by while you're working your dogs?
Yeah, I have. They stop at the park I go in the wee hours of the morning and watch us do obstacles on the kids' play equipment. Never once have they said a negative word; mostly just impressed and wonder "How'd you get him to do THAT?" To which I utter my favorite catch-all response "I asked him to." I guess they see so many people doing dumb things w/dogs that it's probably refreshing to see people actually working well-behaved, controllable animals, so who cares about a "no dogs" sign? Just a guess...
The police occasionally stop and watch my dogs also. Every once in a while we will have a conversation but that's about it. In fact because we are out on such a regular basis we were invivted to become the "geese police", in town.
And I am real proud, unofficial estimate is that goose poop was down by 50 percent at the lake this past summer. One town over there was a paid service that the officials complained about. Guess we chased the feathered flock over there.
What a nice feeling it is to have a cop stop and commend you for your work. I used to get an audience too late at night on a playground and doing offlead work in Salem MA and it really is heartening and makes up for all of the other times when people are asking if you starve your dog!
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When I was working with Duke at the nearby Elementary school (accliminatizing him to strangers/activity and then working through distraction) 4-5 days a week for a month, there were two K9 officers and a general dog admirer/aspiring trainer playing softball/baseball a few times that would stay after the games and watch me work with him. Talked to one of them for nearly an hour, turns out he has an AB!
When I used to work with Cajun in Milwaukee and some of the smaller surrounding cities, getting him used to crowds at high school games, and taking him to the huge public fairs, I got pulled over (while walking :laugh so the officer could admire him. Cajun attended the Midwest Horse Fair in Madison, and Summerfest in Milwaukee where officers and regular security alike flocked to him like a moth to a flame.
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Carol - being young, I had far less responsibility than most people who work with dogs. After work, I still had 16 hours left a day to do what I wished - and it nearly always involved animals. I would go to pet stores just to watch people with their dogs, and take any opportunity I saw to casually start conversation that would (surprise!) lead to training.
Most of the animals I worked with belonged to young people, in the 18-26 age range that were friends of friends, friends of neighbors, cousins of fellow employees, or someone that saw me at a party once that heard from their cousin that had a friend that spoke to me about dogs once :laugh:
I have been actively seeking out dogs to work with for a long time. Shame on me! I have less time these days, having more responsibilities to take care of and having to work more than one job, but I am a stubborn one!!
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I actually live across the street from a police station so I have cops stopping by regularly since my training field is on my property. They don't have a k9 unit (too small) but there are officers that have worked with dogs before and they're all on a first name basis with Carbon. They love the bi-colors!
They have also learned about his obsession with flashlight beams and have warned me that any crook with a flashlight would get a warm welcome into my house. Embarrasing, but probably true right now! But Carbon LOVES cops. They always have flashlights! I won't let them use them to play with him (too obsessive) but Carbon clearly knows what they are by sight and thinks that people who carry them on a regular basis must be pretty cool.
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To which I utter my favorite catch-all response "I asked him to." 
I guess they see so many people doing dumb things w/dogs that it's probably refreshing to see people actually working well-behaved, controllable animals, so who cares about a "no dogs" sign? Just a guess...
so the officer could admire him. Cajun attended the Midwest Horse Fair in Madison, and Summerfest in Milwaukee where officers and regular security alike flocked to him like a moth to a flame. 
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