Word: dog
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pitched for any length of time, each P.O.W. was locked up in an 8-ft.-by-8-ft. cell constructed of green logs. The prisoners did not eat much worse than their captors: rice for every meal supplemented by the meat of anything that ran or crawled-snake, dog, tiger, rat, anteater. A delicacy was elephant blood soup. "Jungle meat can be real good," says Utecht. "One day I tried to cut into a ball of meat. It suddenly spread out, forming a hand. It was a monkey's hand...
...hope you're picking up the idea that you have to act like a complete ass to be a dog trainer. You've got to be exciting to your dog; otherwise, he'll get depressed...
When she puts owners and their pets through one of her regular $25 weekend courses, the atmosphere is all business. Most of her attention, surprisingly enough, is concentrated not on the dogs but on their owners. "I can train any dog in five minutes," she says. "It's training the owners that takes longer...
Jerk. Patiently, she walks the owners through her routine. First comes an equipment check: a 4-ft. smooth leather leash and a large-link choke collar. She shows the owners how the collar works: a downward jerk on the leash tightens it without choking the dog; release slackens the collar immediately. Next, each dog is paraded into the front of the class to show the owners that simple commands ("Heel," "Sit," "Stay") can be taught in five minutes. Trainer Woodhouse's commands and corrections rumble steadily, and the choke collar comes into play. "Heel!" she commands, slapping her thigh...
Then, as the owners move their dogs through following exercises, Mrs. Woodhouse zeroes in on her two-legged students. "Do you see how much quicker I am than you are?" she asks one ambling owner. "You'll have to speed up if you're going to have an interesting dog. Otherwise, they walk around like zombies." To another owner: "You're the naughty one; your dog's really very good." To a third: "It's no good saying, 'Sit, darling, for Mommy's sake.' It's: 'Mazie...