Service Dog Blue Djinn

[desertranger]

A good photo is worth posting a couple of times.

 

The name is Bond, Jinss Bond.

 

 

Jin will be 3 on Dec 5th. He has successfully completed his service dog training and for several months now has proofed himself many times over the past 3 weeks in the streets of Occupied Oakland when challenged by police. Funny thing is the police hinder and challenge the validity of my service dog while the demonstrators were most helpful, even escorting me back to my car one day.

 

As a mobility assistance dog he provides a steady platform to brace my knees against and to use while getting ujp off the ground.

As a medical assistance dog he alerts me to changes ensuring I take appropriate steps to prevent a crash.

In protection (as allowed by law) he places himself between me and whatever. When I go to an ATM machine I can place him on alert. No one comes near a BC that's giving 'eye' to everyone.

 

For stress reliefe from SD work Jin works chasing geese. There are hundreds of geese in parks and greensward here. Jin and i have a regular 35 acre plot where we train and work with geese daily. He has close in control but once give the run-in he's off. He responds to most whistle commands but being Jin his recall still sucks until he's cleared out all the geese. Then I can give him a down or recall. Ji can clear 35 acres of geese in about 15 mins. Most of that is me walking from one place to another. He's knows all the gates so all I have to do is turn him loose.

 

Since we work in an area where there are streets Jin has learned when his feet hit curb to stop even when chasing balls and geese. He will not cross any street without an OK. As far as the geese are concerned. He's coming along.

 

Currently he is learning Peter and the Wolf. If I take he tail and hold it he is to immediately take me to the door we walked in and return me to the car. His record for Peter and the Wolf is about a block and a half and finding the car. It works OK in training and testing. Haven't tried it for real yet.

 

[Shetlander]

Sounds like you are both doing well. Love the James Bond photo. Good hearing from you!

[ShoresDog]

Little puppy Jin sure grew up to be a wonderful dog! Thanks for updating us.

[geonni banner]

Sounds like Jin has really become a great service dog. You should be very proud of him, and yourself for all your hard work.

 

But I have to tell you, I would never take a dog into a situation that might involve a conflict of interest with the Oakland PD. I would be afraid he would get shot. OPD are a tetchy bunch. Your 4-legged lifeline can easily be seen as nothing more that a nuisance with teeth by someone involved with crowd control.

[Sue R]

Looks and sounds like Jin is doing a wonderful job for you - which means you are doing a wonderful job with him!

 

I second what Geonni says - I'd be very careful about exposing Jin to potentially dangerous situations. He depends on you just like you depend on him.

 

Very best wishes!

[gcv-border]

Jin sounds like an awesome dog. He is also very handsome (the bow tie doesn't hurt).

 

Jovi

[Maja]

This is wonderful!

maja

[JohnLloydJones]

Jin is a wonderful dog and get we to see far too few photos of him. Here's an old one checking out my apology for a back yard.

(That's foster Beau being a tad unfriendly, foster Glyn and, sitting, my girl Senneca.)

[vaporflowers]

Hahaha, Jin looks totally unfazed by Beau's "mad teeth".

[desertranger]

Sue and Geonni are right about the Oakland PD. An extremely violent place. I have to go there to the county and state buildings on business. I have had one incident with the cops where I had to shout him down to get him to call his watch commander. Apparently cops in Oakland make liberal use of a Calif law that allows them to take you in for "Observation" a general catch all The Oakland PD make liberal use of this law. Fortunately I live on and island connected to Oakland by drawbridges.

 

I see we have a couple of members who have SDs or are using BCs at home as SDs. If you're interested in training a BC for service dog work I'll be glad to help. Simply put when they've learned their trade they are brilliant(of course). On the other hand there are a few special steps that have to be taken with BCs and special stress resistance training that allows them to work in large crowds for long periods. The other big thing in training BC as an SD is one we all know. If your not a BC person it won't work, guarantee that. I learned that from a friend and mentor who has a pair of BCs as service dogs. Probably would not have happened without Rebecca's help. There are a service dog teams out there that use border collies. They are far and few between since it's a difficult job for a sheepdog.

 

There was a point where Jin almost washed out big time. He seriously broke training one day last Mar. As a result of my work with Jin bringing him around and through the completion of this training I have been asked to join SD Schools. A group of professional SD trainers who are creating an Open Source Syllabus (ala Linux) for the training of service dogs. The requirements for membership have been waived because of my approach to training. *blush* and while I am not formally in business as a dog trainer I do have a handful of students picked up at the local dog park. 2 Aussies, a BC for general training and 2 mixes for SD work.

 

Rather be chasing geese, it's more fun. So anyone who is interested training their BCs in a service dog work can contact me on FB at the Adventures of Ranger and Jin or Please Don't Pet me.

[geonni banner]

Sue and Geonni are right about the Oakland PD. An extremely violent place. I have to go there to the county and state buildings on business. I have had one incident with the cops where I had to shout him down to get him to call his watch commander. Apparently cops in Oakland make liberal use of a Calif law that allows them to take you in for "Observation" a general catch all The Oakland PD make liberal use of this law. Fortunately I live on and island connected to Oakland by drawbridges.

 

I see we have a couple of members who have SDs or are using BCs at home as SDs. If you're interested in training a BC for service dog work I'll be glad to help. Simply put when they've learned their trade they are brilliant(of course). On the other hand there are a few special steps that have to be taken with BCs and special stress resistance training that allows them to work in large crowds for long periods. The other big thing in training BC as an SD is one we all know. If your not a BC person it won't work, guarantee that. I learned that from a friend and mentor who has a pair of BCs as service dogs. Probably would not have happened without Rebecca's help. There are a service dog teams out there that use border collies. They are far and few between since it's a difficult job for a sheepdog.

 

There was a point where Jin almost washed out big time. He seriously broke training one day last Mar. As a result of my work with Jin bringing him around and through the completion of this training I have been asked to join SD Schools. A group of professional SD trainers who are creating an Open Source Syllabus (ala Linux) for the training of service dogs. The requirements for membership have been waived because of my approach to training. *blush* and while I am not formally in business as a dog trainer I do have a handful of students picked up at the local dog park. 2 Aussies, a BC for general training and 2 mixes for SD work.

 

Rather be chasing geese, it's more fun. So anyone who is interested training their BCs in a service dog work can contact me on FB at the Adventures of Ranger and Jin or Please Don't Pet me.

So you're in Alameda now? Nice place. About the OPD - they will shoot your dog dead if they have the slightest provocation. Do try not to engage them if at all possible. Sorry, not trying to be a drama queen. But these guys are absolutely humorless. They deal with some really awful people all day every day, and they tend to shoot first and ask questions later. Just sayin'.