Balans (Balance)

  Balans je ključ svega, kako kod ljudi, tako i kod pasa. Pretjerana uzbuđenost kao i apsolutna nezainteresiranost  je znak da nešto ne štima i oboje su krajnosti i kao takve lako puknu i odu u krivom smjeru, međutim oboje se da srediti uz određene vježbe koje same po sebi nisu odvojene od svakodnevnice nego postaju dio nje, tako da možemo reći da su iste (vježbe) ustvari promjena dosadašnjeg načina djelovanja, razmišljanja, gledanja na stvari i okolinu.

  Kod pasa je to puno jednostavnije jer ih samo treba voditi i oni se prepuštaju, ali kod ljudi je malo teže ;).

  Ima par stvari koje psima pomažu pri stvaranju povjerenja u vodiča, pa tako i opuštanju, prepuštanju i/ili stvaranju sigurnosti u sebe, vrlo pojednostavljeno i ugrubo rečeno (bez detalja i pojašnjenja) to su sljedeće tri (ne nužno tim redoslijedom)

1) Korištenje nosa

2) Smireno i svjesno savladavanje prepreka

3) Iskustvo različitih okolina

  Kod ljudi, iako puno teže, to je svjesno korištenje vlastitog uma, logike i prepuštanje onom nekom unutarnjem glasu iliti intuiciji (jako važno) koje smo kroz godine naučili zanemarivati  i zamijenili slijepim i bez razmišljanja slijeđenjem nekih društvenih normi kojih više nismo ni svjesni.

  Balance is the key to everything, both in humans and dogs. Excessive excitement as well as absolute disinterest is a sign that something does not fit and both are extremes and as such easily break and go in the wrong direction, however, both we can „fix“ with certain exercises that by themselves are not separate from everyday life but become part of it, so we can say that the same (exercises) are in fact changes in the way we act, think, look at things and the environment.

  In dogs it is much simpler because they only need to be led and they will surrender and follow, but with humans it is a bit harder;).

  There are a couple of things that help dogs to create trust in their guide, to relax, to surrender them selves to have faith and follow  and / or create security in themselves, very simplified and blandly (without  the details and clarification) these are the three (not necessarily in that order)

1) Using the nose

2) Smoothly (slowly) and consciously overcoming obstacles

3) Experience of different environments

  With people, though much harder, knowingly using their own mind, logic and to have faith in that inner voice so called intuition (very important) that we have learned through years to neglect and replaced it with blind and ignorant following some of the social norms that we even are no longer aware of.

Pas (The dog)

Ja sam sada i ovdje, potpuno svjestan onoga sto me okružuje u svakom trenutku.

Mirisa svake trave, grma, stopa koje se ne vide, tragova onih koji su tuda prošli i načina na koji su prošli, užurbano, ljutito, smireno, veselo, zdravo i čilo, poletno ili bolesno i sumorno, polako. Mirisa koje su donijeli sa sobom od tamo gdje su bili prije nego sto su ovuda prošli i mirisa nošenih zrakom.

Ja sam sada i ovdje, potpuno svjestan svega sto me okružuje u svakom trenutku.

Svih zvukova koji me okružuju, ptica, ljutitog glasa para koji se svađa u daljini, nervoze u tonu i mirisu nošenog vjetrom, plača djeteta u daljini, veselog žamora prijatelja u šetnji, uzrujanog laveža, veselog laveža, zvukova prometa, … Svako prometalo ima svoj potpuno drugačiji zvuk i miris koji nose na gumama, mirise ljudi u njima kroz otvorene prozore.

Ja sam sada i ovdje, potpuno svjestan svega  sto me okružuje u svakom trenutku.

Vidim ptice, na podu, u grmlju, na drveću, vidim ljude koji hodaju prema meni i prolaze mimo i one iza, osjetim njihove mirise koje nose na sebi, sa sobom, raspoloženja i stanja, vidim bicikle, oni isto nose zvuk i mirise kao i osobe na njima, vidim djecu i čujem ih, njušim njihova raspoloženja i stanja, vidim druge pse, čujem ih i osjetim njihove mirise, one daleko i one blizu, vidim drveća i grmove, travu, klupice, stupove rasvjete, stazu, osjetim svaku drugačije pod nogama, pod jastučićima i toga sam svjestan, a sve sto vidim nosi i miris onih kojih više nema, koji su tu bili prije, njihovih stanja i raspoloženja, njihovih godina.

Ja sam sada i ovdje potpuno svjestan svega sto me okružuje u svakom trenutku, mirisima, u slici, u zvuku, u raspoloženjima i stanjima, istovremeno, paralelno i svakim novim korakom i trenutkom to se sve mijenja i izmjenjuje. A sto ti vidiš, čuješ, osjetiš, čega si ti svjestan i da li je išta od toga sada i ovdje?

Here and now I am totally aware of everything around me at every moment.

The smell of each blade of grass, bush, footprints that cannot be seen, traces left by those who've passed this way and how they passed, in a hurry, angrily, calmly, cheerfully, in good health, boldly, with inspiration, or feebly and darkly, slowly. The smells they brought with them from wherever they'd been before they passed through here and the smells borne by the air.

Here and now I am totally aware of everything around me at every moment.

All the sounds around me, the birds, the angry voices of a couple who are arguing in the distance, the nerves in their cadences and the smells borne by the wind, the cries of a child in the distance, the cheery murmur of friends out for a walk, a distressed bark, a happy bark, the sounds of traffic,… Every vehicle has its own totally different sound and smell borne along on its tires, the smells of people in them through the open windows.

Here and now I am totally aware of everything around me at every moment.

I see birds, on the ground, in the bushes, on the trees, I see people who are walking toward me and passing me by and the ones behind, I feel their smells they bear along on them, with them, their moods and frames of mind, I see bicycles, they also bear sounds and smells as well as the people riding them, I see children and hear them, I sniff their moods and frames of mind, I see other dogs, I hear and sense their smells, the ones that are far and the ones that are close, I see trees and bushes, grass, benches, lamp posts, a path, I sense each one differently underfoot, under paw pads and I am aware of that, and everything that I see bears the smell of those who aren't here any more, those who have passed this way, their frames of mind and moods, their age.

Here and now I am totally aware of everything around me at every moment, in smells, in image, in sound in moods and frames of mind, simultaneously, parallel and with each new step and moment it all changes and shifts. So what do you see, hear, sense, what are you aware of and is anything of that here and now?

Probajte malo nešto novo za promjenu (Try something new for a change)

Stvarno mi je više dosta izraza kao što su „pas treba čvrstu i jaku ruku“, „pas treba red, rad i disciplinu“, itd. itd. Ponavljaju se iste rečenice valjda od vremena od kada se svjesno koriste psi, odlijepite se više od te stare škole.

Ukratko ono što psi trebaju je koncentriran i duhom prisutan vlasnik.
Ono što psi trebaju je jasnoća i dosljednost  (što ne znači grubost).
Ono što psi trebaju je zadovoljenje svojih potreba od strane čovjeka i na poticaj čovjeka, naravno pod uvjetom da znate koje su potrebe psa uopće.
Ono što psi trebaju je da se nauče prepustiti jer vi kao čovjek i vlasnik znate kako i kada i što treba.

Pa umjesto što pse kalupite u "red rad i disciplinu" i "čvrstu i jaku ruku", ajde za promjenu sebe dovedite u red i naučite se samo dosljednosti i jasnoći, biti prisutni i zadovoljiti potrebe svog psa prije nego ih on sam zatraži ili potraži. Probajte biti u stvarnom smislu vođa i prijatelj svom psu.

I'm so sick of expressions such as "dog needs a firm and strong hand", "dog needs work, order and discipline", etc., etc.. The  same sentences are repeated  probably from the time we consciously started to use dogs, peel off  that  old school from your mind already.

In short the thing that dogs need is concentrated and present (in spirit and mind) owner.
What dogs need is clarity and consistency (which does not mean harshness). What dogs need is satisfaction of their needs from the owner and by initiation of the owner, of course  provided you know what are the dogs needs.
What dogs need is to learn to let go of themselves (physically, mentally, psychologically) because you as an owner know how and when and what  to do.

So instead of putting dogs in a mold of "work order and discipline" and "strong and firm hand", put yourselves in that mold and get yourselves in order and learn yourselves consistency and clarity, how to be truly present (with body and mind) and how to satisfy your dogs needs before he does it him self. Try to be in a leader and a friend to your dog in real meaning of the words.

Praktična radionica (Practical workshop)

  Danas smo imali prvi sat Praktične radionice na temu Komunikacija sa psima.

  Nekima je prvi dio radionice bio težak (i psima i vlasnicima) gdje smo kroz primirenje, nekorištenje riječi i smanjenu mogućnost korištenja ruku (bilo za frkanje lajne, pucketanje prstima ili sl.) probali dočarati  kako sve možemo komunicirati sa psima na njima bliskije načine, kako je često „manje“ ustvari „više“  i učili se kako počistiti sav višak komunikacije u radu ili odnosu sa psom te na taj način s vremenom riješiti uzrok nekog neželjenog ponašanja umjesto bavljenja samo sa simptomom istoga.

  No bilo je onih kojima je drugi dio, tzv.“pauza nakon radionice“ isto bilo malo teža (psima i ponekom vlasniku) jer su odjednom svi bili pušteni i trčali uokolo što na novom terenu među novim psima i ljudima je ponekad isto izazov.

  Today we had first class of Practical workshop with a theme Comunication with dogs.

  To some the first part of workshop was difficult (both dogs and owners) when we throught appease, without using words and reducing the possibility of using our hands (wheather for twisting the leash, snaping with fingers etc.) tried to demonstrate in how many ways we can comunicate with dogs in more closer ways to them, how often „less“ is „more“ and we strated to learn how to clean up all uneccesary comunication in the work or relationship with a dog and in that way in time to  solve the cause of unwanted behavior instead of dealing just with the symptom of it.

  But there were also a few of them (both dogs and owners) that have found the second part, so called „break from the training“, also a litlle dificult because suddenly everyone was of the leash and running around which as a situation on completly new terrain sorounded with new dogs and new people it can be also challenging sometimes.

 

Manje je više, jednostavnost čuda čini (Less is more, simplicity does wonders)

  U svom poslu najčešće radim sa psima koji ili imaju neka loša stečena iskustva sa ljudima ili nemaju apsolutna nikakva iskustva sa ljudima i našim svijetom tako da jedino što mogu u radu se osloniti na komunikaciju njima blisku i znanu te ih na taj način polako učiti i socijalizirati na svijet ljudi.

  Sa takvim psima uglavnom u početku nema klasične nagrade ili motivacije jer ne uzimaju hranu zbog straha niti imaju znanje što je to igračka, ali zato se nagrađivanje i poticanje vrši na vrlo primaran i jednostavan način kroz određene dodire i uz određene riječi, prateći kroz fizičke mikro signale njihove reakcije, komunikaciju i potrebe i postepeno i strpljivo gradeći odnos  i njihovo razumijevanje o ljudima i njihovom načinu komunikacije koja se uvelike razlikuje od one pseće.

Takvi psi često vole male skučene prostore koji u njima izazivaju osjećaj zaštićenosti i ugode pa se treba voditi računa da se takvom psu omogući taj neki njegov „safe place“ u kojem se može opustiti, zaspati i odmoriti se. Podjednako je bitna i verbalna komunikacija koja se u početku mora svesti na minimum da bi mogli uz dodir stvoriti bazu verbalnih izraza koji isto označuju ugodu ili poticaj/ohrabrenje jer kako psi imaju riječi koje vežu uz određenu fizičku akciju ili poziciju tzv. komade tako se mogu naučiti i da neke riječi znače određeno psihičko stanje.

  Takve pse se nikako ne treba pustiti da se sami opuste, priviknu ili naviknu jer to može biti vrlo dugotrajan proces što je za psihu psa jako naporno i teško, a također takav pristup vrlo lako može otići u sasvim krivom smjeru, bez obzira što je vjerojatno namjera čovjeka u osnovi ljubav prema psima i sažaljenje, njima to ne pomaže. Takvi psi trebaju oslonac koji će ih voditi, postepeno i polako voditi i uvoditi u svijet ljudi i normalnog funkcioniranja.

  U prilogu ispod je Ronny (jedan od starijih slučajeva), pas bez ikakve socijalizacije na bilo koju vrstu ljudskog dodira snimljen nakon nekih 5 dana, 4 tjedna nakon preuzimanja je udomljen kao vrlo veseli psić.

  In my work I'm usually working with dogs  who have had bad experiences with people or have no experience at all with people and our world, so the only thing that is successful is to rely on communication that is close and familiar to them as they slowly learn about and socialize with the world of people. 

  

  With such dogs in the beginning there can be no classic awards or motivation because they are too afraid to take food, nor do they know what a toy is. This means that the rewarding and encouraging is done in a very primal and simple way through touches and certain words, with close and focused attention to the physical micro signals of their reactions, and communication and needs, and then gradually and patiently building a relationship and their understanding of people and human ways which are so different from those of a dog. Dogs like this often prefer small confined spaces that give them a sense of security and comfort, so care should be taken to provide them with that kind of a "safe place" where they can relax, sleep and rest. Verbal communication is equally important but initially it should be minimized and used with specific touches in order to create a fund of verbal expressions that also suggest comfort or incentive/encouragement because if dogs can learn specific words that they associate with a specific physical action or position, they can aso learn words that suggest a certain psychological state.

  These dogs certainly cannot be left to themselves to relax, adjust or adapt because this may be a very time-consuming process and it is a very strenuous and difficult process for the dog and his psychological state, and also such an approach can easily go completely in the wrong direction, no matter if the intent of the person is based on love for the dog and pity for him, which is of no help to them. These dogs need support to guide them, they need a guide to gradually and slowly lead  and introduce them to the world of people and normal functioning.

   Attached below is a short film of Ronny (one of the older cases), a dog with no socialization to any sort of human touch taken after about five days of work; four weeks after he was caught and brought to me he was adopted in a family as a very happy puppy.

Država koja _urcu sviri (The state that doesn't give a _uck)

  Silno me već par dana vuče da napišem jedan mali osvrt apsolutno ne vezan za pse ali vezan za državu u kojoj živim, pa sve nešto bih pa sve nešto ne bih, ali eto moram jer bum inače eksplodirala…

 Prateći tako situacije po Americi, što je za mene vrlo neobično, gdje je trenutačno definitivno vrlo „veselo“, svako malo uleti i poneka priča ljudska, tužna, koja te baš onako štrecne, iz ove moje zemlje. Pa eto nedavno je  baš usputna gospođa prisluškujući u tramvaju saznala da g. Ilija i njegov sin nemaju za dvije kifle jer nisu skupili dovoljno boca i digla na noge cijelu vojsku pojedinaca da pomognu novčano i namirnicama toj obitelji u kojoj otac i njegova nevjenčana supruga, majka njihove dvoje djece nemaju posla i jedva preživljavaju uz dugove državi, međutim uspostavilo se da g. Ilija ima još pokoji problem ili karakternu manu koji dodatno otežava situaciju njegovoj obitelji koja ni ovako nije dobra, paralelno sa time na sve strane se skuplja roba, hrana, higijenske potrepštine i sve ostalo, te i pokoja novčana pomoć za razno razne ljude i obitelji koji jednostavno ne mogu preživjeti ili jedva preživljavaju u uvjetima koje im ova država pruža. Pa onda prije par dana naletim na priču o starijem čovjeku koji sa svoje dvije sestre od kojih je jedna nepokretna živi, odnosno živio je u prizemlju svoje  trošne kuće grijući se kartonima i svime što su valjda našli usput, živeći u smeću bez ičije pomoći i na kraju umrijevši unutra jer se sve skupa zapalilo, naravno vijest su osudili mnogi, mnoge je njihova priča osupnula i način na koji su skončali svoje bijedne živote i zgražajući se kako ni susjedi nisu baš previše pomogli istima.

  

  I tako dok sve to čitam, svaku večer gledam skoro pa ista lica kako skupljaju i pretražuju kontejnere oko mog nebodera, odnosno 6 nebodera u jednom krugu, neki dolaze i po danu neki samo u okrilju noći, neki imaju svog psa kojeg usput nahrane ostacima nečijeg ručka, neki povremeno nađu posao pa ih nema neko vrijeme pa kad ga izgube opet se vrate, svi stari kruh podijele gradskim pticama koje se tamo nađu. Ako ostaviš igračke dječje ili robu to nestane u roku od 5 minuta, jednom sam čak igračke kojih smo se mi rješavali sortirala na licu mjesta sa ženom koja je sa sobom imala kćerku od nekih 10-tak godina i koja jako voli konjiće (Fran je taman izašao iz faze konjića pa smo ih imali cijelu hrpu), žena se cijelo vrijeme pravdala kako ionako imaju previše igračaka doma ali djetetu nikad dosta, priča na koju sam ja pristala jer je ženi tako bilo lakše razgovarati onako svakodnevno kao što majke razgovaraju, iako je pritom po djevojčici bilo jasno da je to samo priča jedne majke koju je sram priznati na što im se život sveo, naravno uzele su sve igračke pa čak i one potrgane i nepotpune. Gledam i starce i roditelje sa djecom kako na hrelić i sa hrelića tegle nekakvu svoju robu koju pokušavaju prodati, djecu koja umjesto da pišu zadaće doma pišu ih tamo gdje njihovi roditelji pokušavaju zgrnuti par kuna za svakodnevni obrok i još možda nešto sa strane…kad počneš promatrati svašta vidiš a sve je teže vidjeti neke lijepe scene, kao da smo upali u neku dramu, neki teški film sumorne tematike…

  Neki dan tako izlazim sa psima van i motam se oko nebodera dok psi njuše i vidim jedno od meni  već poznatih lica kako kopa po kontejneru, uto nekih 50 m dalje dolazi na biciklu drugo lice isto već poznato među ekipom koja redovito pretražuje naše kontejnere, ugleda prvog i požuri na svom trošnom biciklu prepunom stvari prema sljedećem kontejneru jer shvaća da iza ovog prvog nema šanse da išta nađe. Prvi ga ugleda i munjevito trči ne bi li prvi došao do sljedećih kontejnera …igre gladi…možda eto naša državna televizija umjesto da otkupljuje istoimenu seriju može napraviti svoju istog naziva prema stvarnim ljudima i događajima pa možda i na neki način i pomoći onima jadnijima od nas prosječnih ljudi.  

  Skuplja se, donira, kupuje odjeća za tuđu djecu, uplaćuju novci na sve strane i sve od običnih ljudi, sve pojedinci sami od sebe iz neke etike, suosjećanja , morala organiziraju druge pojedince ne bi li se udružili i zajedno skupili više nego što prosječna osoba ove države može sama, jer ruku na srce nitko od nas nema puno. A gdje je tu u svemu tome država? Isprva sam bila tužna zbog sudbina tih ljudi a onda promatrajući sve to sam postala ogorčena i na kraju bijesna. Zašto je postalo normalno i kada da optužujemo tuđe susjede zato što nisu pomogli, zašto je postalo normalno i kada da nas nepoznati prisluškuju i pokreću lavinu pojedinaca koji onda trgaju od svojih usta da bi dali u tuđa, zašto je postalo normalno i kada da imamo osjećaj dužnosti spašavati druge dok paralelno spašavamo i sebe a država pritom da prostiš _urcu  sviri. Dok država donosi zakone i propise koji ne pomažu nikome osim onima povlaštenima i onima na vrhu mi obični ljudi se organiziramo u što veće grupe pojedinaca da pomognemo onima koji su jadniji od nas samih i to je postalo već normalno, ali više nitko ne očekuje od države da nešto poduzme, sad već svi to očekuju od drugih pojedinaca iz svog miljea, kruga, od onih nekih drugih koji eto danas imaju za ručak ali možda ne za dodatne stvari ali bi svejedno trebali to podijeliti sa onima koji nemaju. 

  

  Da ja jesam za dijeljenje, da ja volim ljude, da ja jesam empatična ali zašto me država (i društvo u krajnjoj liniji birajući te neke na vlasti) dovelo u situaciju da se loše osjećam jer svojih 50 kn ne dijelim sa nekom osobom koja ni to nema, zašto država ne snosi odgovornost za dobrobit te osobe, zar smo stvarno spali na to da jadni spašavaju još jadnije dok oni koji bi trebali voditi računa o boljitku i dobrobiti naroda kao takvog i svakog njegovog pojedinca vode brigu samo o sebi na kraju?

P.S. U ovoj našoj zemlji imamo (među ostalim suludim stvarima) i ured za vještačenje osoba sa invaliditetom bez rampe, pa tako često vještačenja vrše vani na dvorištu što je po meni baš ustvari u stilu cijelog stanja naše zemlje i stanja u kojem se nalazimo.

  For a copule of days now a have a need to write a review absolutely not related to dogs and their world but related to people and the state I live in, so I start but then give up, then start again and give up once more, but at the end I have to write it otherwise I would explode

  Following the ongoing situation in America, which is most unusual for me, where is definitely a very lively time, every now and then some personal, sad stories surface about this country of mine (Croatia). So recently a random lady just so happened to eavesdrop on a tram to Mr.Ilija and his son talking have they have no money to bux second bread roll to eat because they hadn't collected enough bottles for recycling and she raised a whole army of people to help with money and food for this family in which the father (Mr. Ilija) and his common-law wife, mother of their two children, have no job and can barely get by with what they owe the state, but then it turned out that Mr. Ilija has a little problem or character flaw of his own that adds to the challenges facing his family, who are not doing very well as it is, parallel to that all around the country people are collecting goods, food, toiletries and everything else, and occasionally even financial assistance for a variety of different people and families who simply cannot survive or barely survive under the conditions this country offers them.

And then the other day I come across a story about an older man living with his two sisters, one of whom was paralyzed, and they live, or rather lived, on the ground floor of their dilapidated house and burned cardboard to stay warm and anything else they'd scavenged along the way, living in trash without anybody's help and eventually dying inside because the whole thing caught fire, of course, the news was condemned by many, many were shocked by their stories and the way their wretched lives ended, horrified that even their neighbors weren't of much help to them.

  So while I'm reading all of that, every night I watch almost the same faces rummaging through the containers around my high-rise, the six high-rise in one cluster, some come by day, others only under the cover of night, some with a dog that feeds on the remains of someone's dinner, some occasionally find work and then they're gone for a while, and when they lose it again they return, they all give the stale bread they find to the city birds there. If you leave toys or children's clothing these disappear within five minutes, once I sorted through toys I was getting rid of on the spot with a women who was with her ten-year-old daughter who really loved little horses (Fran was fresh out of the horses phase, we had a whole bunch of them), the woman apologizing all the time that they already had far too many toys at home as it was bur her child could never get enough, a story that I accepted, because that helped the woman talk in that everyday way that mothers talk, although meanwhile it was clear, looking at the girl, that this was just a story for the mother who was ashamed to admit what their life had come to, and, of course, they took all the toys and even those that were broken and incomplete. I watch the elderly and parents with children who take their things to the flea market and try to sell them, and the children instead of doing their homework at home are doing it where their parents are trying to pull in a couple of kunas for daily meals and maybe something on the side ... when you start to observe you see all sorts of things and it gets harder to watch some beautiful scenes, as if we've all fallen into a play, a painful movie based on grim, gloomy themes ...

  The other day I went out with the dogs and was wandering around the high-rise while the dogs sniffed when I saw one of the already familiar faces digging through the container, and then some 50 meters away on the bike came another person I also knew, one of the crew that regularly rummages in our containers, he saw the first one and hurried on his rickety bicycle laden with things to the next container because he realized that if he came after the first he'd have no chance of finding anything. The first saw him, and instantly ran in order to be the first to reach the next containers ... hunger games ... maybe our national television instead of purchasing the TV series of the same name can make its own with the same title about real people and events, and perhaps in some way and help those more wretched than we average people are.

  Collecting, donating, buying clothes for someone else's children, shelling out money on all sides and all by ordinary people, all of them individuals doing so out of ethics, compassion, morals, organizing others so they can join together and gather more than the average person in this country can accomplish on their own, because frankly none of us are very well off. And where is our government in all this? At first I was sad about the fate of these people and then watching all this I became bitter and finally furious. Why and when has it become normal to blame someone else's neighbors because they didn't help, why and when it has become normal for strangers to eavesdrop of a random conversation and then trigger an avalanche of people who than, to help, take food from their own mouth to give it to others, why and when it has become normal to feel it's our duty to save others while simultaneously saving ourselves and meanwhile the government, forgive me the vulgarity, doesn't give a fuck. While the government passes laws and regulations that do not help anyone except those privileged and those at the top, we ordinary people are organizing in larger and larger groups to help those who are worse off than we are, and this has already become normal, but no one anymore expects the government to do anything, instead we now all expect this from others in our community, our circle, from those others who today have enough to eat for dinner but maybe not for other things, yet they still need to share.

  Yes, I am all about sharing, I care for people, I am empathetic, but why does the government (or society, by electing certain people to government) has forced me into a situation that I feel bad not giving my 50 kunas to somebody who doesn't even have that much, why doesn't the government take responsibility for the welfare of these people? Have we really fallen so low that it's the wretched saving those who are just a little more wretched than they while the others, who should be seeing to the improvement and benefit of the nation as such, and to each individual in it, are looking after only themselves?

P.S. In this country of ours we also have (among other totally crazy things) an expert office for people with psyhical disabilities that has no ramp for the disabled, just the stairs, so they usually give thair expert opinion out side in the yard, which in my opinion fits just right in the style of our country and the state in which we are in.

Dok jedni pričaju drugi djeluju (While ones are talking others are physically acting)

 Ovo je na neki način nastavak prvog, gornjeg, teksta gdje sam spomenula kako količina riječi ili mijenjanje zvuka komande neće utjecati na to da vas pas počne slušati dapače dugoročno ćete postići sasvim suprotan efekt.

 Psi i ljudi nisu isti, način komunikacije, brzina djelovanja, potrebe i sam doživljaj svijeta je bitno drugačiji kod jednih i drugih čak i neke osnovne geste i načini imaju sasvim drugačije značenje kod ljudi, a drugačije kod pasa, pa nam je stoga i komunikacija sasvim drugačija. I dok ljudi pričaju psi djeluju.

 Pas kad nešto hoće jednostavno to i napravi bilo da se radi o zauzimanju  prostora, igračke, igri, šetnji/potrebi za kretanjem i istraživanjem mirisa, pas fizički djeluje, ide u akciju. Pa npr. ako želi rupu koju drugi pas kopa jednostavno će prići sa određenim fizičkom stavom tijela uz koji ide i fokusiran pogled i nametne se, preuzme rupu ako drugi to dozvoli što se isto vidi fizički na tijelu, djelovanjem ili će možda zalajati, zarežati ali će to odmah popratiti i fizičkom akcijom znači opet djelovanjem, tjeranjem od rupe ili pozivom na igru (što je usput rečeno vrlo dobar način za postizanje bilo čega sa psom,igra kao takva) i preusmjeravanjem pažnje na sebe da bi na kraju na jedan vrlo suptilan način opet došao do onog što želi, tuđe rupe u zemlji.

 A mi ljudi?  Mi ljudi pričamo, meljemo, bez kraja i konca u nedogled i naš glas koji tako i tako stalno izlazi van je sve manje bitan, postaje neki konstantni šum i još kad u to dodate emocije koje se javljaju htjeli mi to ili ne, a pas ih osjeti kroz promjenu mirisa našeg tijela (strah, nervozu, nelagodu, ljutnju, lagano veselje jer nam je smiješan ustvari, uzbuđenje, nesigurnost,…) eto ti problema. Ono što nas, ljude, spašava da su psi vrlo prilagodljivi i da im nije bitan put do onoga što žele bitno im je samo da to dobiju i vrlo lako se prepuste i slijede pa kako sam i navela u prvom tekstu mijenjajući svoj način mijenjamo i psa odnosno njegove akcije ili reakcije. Međutim ljudima je nevjerojatno teško riješiti se starih navika, skoncentrirati  se na sebe samoga i izbaciti iz glave sve drugo što danas, jučer ili sutra nosi, ali pobogu zato i imate psa da pobjegnete malo u neki drugi svijet od onog svakodnevnog,  isto kao što im je jako teško da se ne povedu za situacijom odnosno da ponašanje psa ne utječe na njih ili da primijete male sitne promjene na bolje ili gore u ponašanju svog psa u moru nekog naučenog ponašanja.

 Ključ promjene ponašanja vašeg psa leži isključivo u vama i nikom drugome pa tako prije nego počnete koristiti bujicu riječi probajte jednostavno djelovati, naravno kada dokučite što u stvari stvarno želite promijeniti na psu a što vam je ipak malo zabavno, nakon što dokučite kako točno izgleda to što želite i kako ćete to psu pokazati (ne reći ;) ) i nakon što dokučite koje su i kolike stvarno potrebe vašeg psa i što ga motivira (motivacija ne mora nužno biti ista za različite situacije, ali je jako bitna jer u konačnici je to nagrada zbog koje pas slijedi vaš put i vaš način i to je ono nešto što pas silno želi) jer i vi radite to što radite zbog neke motivacije, što je kod ljudi uglavnom novac, a ako ste tip od volontiranja imajte na umu da psi ne volontiraju, oni svime što rade zadovoljavaju neku svoju potrebu.

 In a way this the the follow up of my first text here where I have mentioned how quantity of words or changing the sound of the command will not make your dog more obedient but on the contrary in the long run it will have completely different effect on your relationship with your dog.

 Dogs and humans are not the same, type of communication, the velocity of decisions and actions, needs and the basic experience of the world and surroundings is different  in ones and in the others, even some of  basic gestures and ways have completely different meaning in humans and in dogs.

 When a dog  wants something  he simply acts physically, whether is it about taking a space, a toy, a play, a walk/need for motion (exercise) and exploring the smells, dog physically acts, he goes into action. For example if he wants others dog hole in the ground he will simply approach with specific physical posture of the body with a focused look in his eyes and he will impose himself and take over the hole if the other dog will allow him to which you can also see physically in his body language. The other possible communication is barking or growling but also it will be accompanied with physical action such as scaring the dog away or inviting him to play (which is by the way a very good way to accomplish anything you want with your dog, playing as such) and redirecting his focus on himself so that he would eventually get what he wants, others dog hole in the ground, in a very subtly way.

 And we humans? We, humans, talk, grinding the words endlessly and our voice which is coming out of our mouth constantly becomes less and less important, it becomes a constant noise and if we add to that emotions which occurred whether we want them or not and the dog sniffs them on our changed body odour (fear, nervousness, discomfort, anger, slight joy because in a way he is funny, excitement, insecurity,…) we have a problem. The one thing that saves us humans is that dogs are very adaptable and that they don't care about the path towards something they want, they care only to get  what they want and they easily let them selves go and follow and as I mentioned in previous text by changing our way we change the dogs also, his actions and reactions.  However to humans is incredibly hard to let go of old habits, to concentrate on themselves and to release out of their mind everything else that today, yesterday or tomorrow  brings, but for gods sakes that is why you got a dog in the first place to escape a little bit in some other world different from the one that you are in every single day. One other thing incredibly difficult to humans is not to get caught emotionally in situations, in other words that the dogs behavior does not effect them or that they notice small changes in dogs behavior for better or for worse in a big picture of usual learned behavior.

 The key in your dogs behavior is in you and nobody else and so before you stars to use torrent of words try simply to act physically, of course when you find out which and how big are the needs of your dog and what motivates him (motivation doesn't necessary have to be same thing in different occasions, but it is very important because in the end that is the thing for which your dog will follow your path, your way and that is the thing that he really wants at the end) because you also work for some kind of motivation, that is usually money for people, and if your are a volunteer type of person have in mind that dogs are not, they don't volunteer, everything that they do is because they want to satisfy some need. 

Samokotrola (Selfcontrol)

 Ovaj blog je trebao početi sa nekim dužim, smislenim i pomno sastavljenim tekstom, međutim desila se jedna slučajna snimka vlasnika koji zove svog psa da mu dođe i jedan susret uživo sa sasvim drugim vlasnikom i sasvim drugim psom koji su presudili drugačije i tijek pisanja dužeg, smislenog i pomno sastavljenog teksta kao takvog se promijenila u sljedeće…

 Puno ćete postići u načinu na koji vas pas doživljava ako se probate kontrolirati da kad radite neku vježbu sa svojim psom ne ponavljate komande jer pas neće steći fokus niti išta korisno naučiti ako vi par puta kažete jedno te isto, nego dapače svaki sljedeći put će sve sporije reagirati i jedino što će naučiti je koliko vremena treba da odustanete od onog što želite ili će naučiti da niste dosljedni niti uporni, jednom riječju naučiti će jedino kako dobiti po svome.  To pogotovo vrijedi za rad na daljinu kad se gubi vaš fizički utjecaj na psa, psi se postepeno  uče raditi na daljinu. Ako pas ne reagira ili nema fokus na vas i svoje vlastito ime ili je odlučio da mu je nešto drugo važnije nemojte ponavljati komadu jer vam je trud uzalud, radije bez riječi otiđite do psa, napravite korekciju i onda ponovite komandu na manjoj udaljenosti ili ako niste za korekciju onda otiđite do psa i napravite vježbu ponovno školski izbliza. Druga česta situacija kod vlasnika pasa je dodavanje riječi i/ili mijenjanje postojeće komande, odnosno iz nesigurnosti mijenjanje položaja tijela i zvuka komande. Neće vas  pas prije poslušati ako npr. jednoj komadi „idemo“ ( u prijevodu: slijedi me) iz vlastite nesigurnosti dodate usput i „ajde, tu, uz“. Odredite si jednu riječ koja će označavati neku određenu radnju i držite se nje i postepeno učite psa da na nju reagira sa povodcem ili bez na blizu ili na daljinu.

 This blog was supposed to start with a long, meaningful and carefully composed text, however I saw a recording of an owner who was calling his dog to come and then I had a live consultation with a completely different owner and completely different dog and these two situations changed the direction of my original idea and instead of writing a long, meaningful and carefully composed text I have written the following ...

 A great deal will be achieved in the way your dog experiences you if you try to control yourself when you're doing an exercise with your dog and try not to repeat the command. The dog will not gain focus or learn anything useful if you say the same thing over and over (the command), instead, each time you command him he will be slower in reaction and the only thing he will learn is how long it takes you to give up on what you want or he will learn that you are not consistent and persistent, in a word he will only learn how to get his way. This is especially true for working at a distance when you are losing your physical impact on the dog. Dogs gradually learn how to work at a distance. If the dog doesn't respond or doesn't focus on you and his own name or has decided there is something else more important, do not repeat the command or your labor will be pointless. Go to the dog silently, make the correction and then repeat the command at less distance, or if you are against the correction then go to the dog and run through the exercise again at less distance. Another thing dog owners do when they are uncertain about whether the dog will obey them is to add words and /or modify existing commands, change the position of the body and change the sound of the usual command. The dog will not start obeying you if you add more unnecessary words because you are insecure or uncertain of the outcome, for example instead off a simple „lets go“ (translation: follow me) if you add "come, here, heel" out of your own uncertainty. Determine a word/command that means a specific physical action and stick to it and gradually teach the dog to respond to it with or without a leash, close or at a distance.