: About Me

I first started writing poetry when I was a child and at the age of 18, I had my first poem published and then the writing bug hit me, I love it.

Years later I had an article published in the My Weekly magazine about my dog called Wolf.

I have four children and 12 grandchildren, and yes I have lived a little.

I trained in catering but left it when I had my children, I went on to do all sorts of different jobs, from Warehousing to care work to voluntary work.

I am a spiritual healer and Psychic Counselor.

I live the south west, U.K. and just love a walk on the beach it's so inspirational, and my dog loves it too.

My dog is a Chocolate Labrador called Coco, she is lovely and my best friend.

My passion is ...

Writing and reading, oh and Coco my dog of course.

I know too much about ...

nothing, can you ever know too much about anything, a good debating title there.

My parents always told me ...

to be honest

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a Vet but I just couldn't get my act around physics and chemistry.

My favorite memory ...

is the walks I took with my children when they were small, going to what they called the spiderman bridge.

Why I write ...

is I suppose to express myself and to help others to learn.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

crime,mystery,drama,science fiction and doggie mags.

My first job ...

was working for the family business, in a laundry.

My best moment ...

was receiving an acceptence letter for an article I had written

My inspiration ...

is all spiritual, comes from family and pet dog Coco.

Pets & Animals > Dog Training Dog training: Differences between luring and prompting

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Modern times and modern training techniques teach of reward-based training methods, using either treats or a toy reward for play such as a tugger or ball. What is sometimes misinterpreted in teaching dogs is the lure to follow a treat and the prompt to perform an action to get the reward. Luring is getting the dog to so something by following a treat or toy, this does not mean that they know what you want them to do, it is simply getting them to perform an action by following or luring them to follow the treat. In the instance of heelwork, with a dog on the left side of the handler, the tr...

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