3

re ee

——

'. appropriate, bit clfiling:

ag

' dog indeed. Good luck.

- enough to take the dogs full weight) to his collar. Attach your

_ plow dog, you’ can shorten up on

. and walk-out to. the end

-iven if you have [o call

yorehets

» with.
Larry
_- Zakreski-

_ | Usually, teaching your dog to came ta you when you call, is

easy. But, getting your dog, to.return immediately, every

time y
lalions present, now. that can

ou call, no matter, what_the distractions and temp- -
! be something different, —
~The recall exercise is more than just a trick. It is a basic

necessily if You are to allow you

Understand that the times you

dog to-run free, off leash,
ost need to call the dog —

for. example, if he is running towards traffic — -will. be
precisely those.times when your dog will be most likely to be

distracted or excited, and least likely to obey.

For his own

protection, your dog should be 110 per cent reliable on the
recall before you allow him. off leash. Anything less'is just an

oF

testify... .

Don'tmake excuses such as,

- Invitation to tragedy, ag any dog owner who haa tried to call
- his.dog off the road, and then watched him. get run over, ca

“He was too excited to obey,”

or ‘he ight nothave heard me’’‘when feaching your dog the -
yecall. Afast car won't fake any excuses, and neither should.
you. Teaching him to recall immediately, reliably, and'no.

patter what.

"Ro teach your dog the recall on lead, place him ina sit-stay,

of the leash. Wait about thirty

seconds, If he ever breaks the sit-stay. before you call him,

correct as before.

Say the dogs name, lo get his aitention, then aay come.-The
command should be definite, but not threatening or harsh.
Immediately after the command, pull or reel your dog to you
with the leash, When he Is directly in front of you, give hima
git command, and pralse him whenheisseated””

. Keep repgating , th

exercise “until the dog is totally

OUTDOOR,
RECREATION.

_ ‘Although Saturday, June 7,
‘was not a typical night at-

oo By GAILDOTINGA ~
“* Wepald Staff Welter ©
Several weekends - aga,-

" Neil Matheson went camping

to Lakelse Lake‘ provincial

- park. Instead of finding the ~

peace and quiet one “expects
when surrounded by nature,

he was Kept awlké most of

Furlong Bay” Provincial
Park, Mathesan Is upget with
both the RCMP ‘and. .the-.
provincial parks branch for”
their handling. ‘of the:
situation and wants action to":
prevent it from happening
again. ae
“There were a. lot of young
people having parties” all:
over the campsite . that

night," claims Matheson. « ”

At 10:30. p.m. *he-com~
plained about the noise'to the.”
parks staff, later he talked to
an... RCMP” /who' | were
patrolling the campaite and
at 3.a.m. he made a final
complaint. ta the parks.

people... ead
“All they did was warn the..
people at the parties to quiet,
down. When the RCMP and,
the-parks, branch came:
around they. would: keep. it,.
down but ag soon as they left.

the party started up-again,”.

The..last. time Matheson
complained to the . parks.

reliable. A half hour daily session repeated for a week should, personnel:he says they were

do it. Try to mix in lots of other commiands such as stays,

heels, sits, etc. to keep you and the dog from being: bor

Also, allow him a few breaks or recesses during dessions, ard. .
tise the recall when he is distracted, to call him back to class.

Alter the d
see. how he.wi

ig perfect at this exercise on lead, test him to’
respond off lead. Take him to a large open

area such as @ park. Attach a plece of light line (strong”

Jeash to the loose end, to give you something to grab that

won't, give you rope burn. - .
Allow the dog to

frail the line aound for a while, ust he

seems to forget it ie’ there. Call him, and see if he will obey.

Many dogs, intoxica

d by their apparent new freedom, will

ignore the command or even run away.

"If this happe

productive, so but

ns; chade him down ‘ind reel him in with the:

~ Jeagh and long tine: 'N few disapproving remarks thay’ seer
i uk dog’ th-foF a ‘scolding is non-°
UUM NP, JNU the fact thet you aught!

hitni and reeled hfth ii with little effort is enough to get your:

point across. -- |

“Af you have a fast dog, make that line long enough to-ensure

tliat he can’t escape you. If you

happen to be a track star with

the’line a bit. However,

make sure you catch that dog. If he learns that he can get
away, you are in for a lot of extra, unnecessary work erasing

such thoughts:

from his

stubborn little, mind.

Much better to teach him right fom the start that he can’t

run off. So that when he is.completely free,

think about it or hesitate.

he won't even

“-Youprobably won't be able to trick your dog with.this false

freedom niérethan afew.tintes, both,

ibe tanght that:

avecaltixs commandyoucay enforce,on lead oneifia  vsc0w
vitemnember'te ugeldiatractions-and-temptattons to'entice-
him into disobedience, then reel him in, until you are sure

nothing will make him forget that a recall is a command he

must obey. ;
‘If you think he is.r

dy'for it, take him out into a small

fenced yard (waere you can corner and catch him) and allow
him total frecdom. Call-him back, and if he comes, you can
praise him a lot. If he doesn’t, track him down, and start all

over again from step one.

- Jf you have been patient and careful in your training, most

. likely your dog won't even consider not coming; he has been

tyained. Co a ;
7 Now, it is up to you: ig polish tat training until he is safe

out of traffic, or 4 dog fight, or a

eat chase. And when you can do that, you have a well trained

Housing prices

. By GAEL DOTINGA - -
Herald Staff Reporter
House prices in Terrace
have increased
proximately 10 per cent from
last year. a
“Several local realtors
agree with a recent
residential market survey
done by A.B. Le Page Real

Estate which reports that

increages in house prices this
year. have been more
noticeable than in the past.

- The average price of a-

home ia. Terrace is now
$62,000, . depending on the
type and location of the
ho

Jn some of the larger
centres in B.C. the difference
between the first quarter of
1979 to the first quarter of
this ‘year was.greater.

x 7he market survey used.

Victorla as an -example
‘here lower priced homes
there, that ranged between

$40,000 and $60,000 in the first .|-

part of 1979 rose to $45,000

and $75,000 this year. Higher

priced homes appreciated
®onsiderably in 1980. Last
year’s starting price of
$90,000 increased to $125,000
this year. '

The supply in Terrace with
regards

to. houses is the
same as it is elsewhere In the
province. _ .

“wwe have an adequate

supply of houses in the «

ates,” sald Horst Godiinski,

- Todal realtor. ‘Lower priced

houses are harder to- find

though, once on the market

they tend to go faster.”
A.E. Le Page Real Estate

~ goimd «the. availability of

homes to be good in all price

ranges with the supply of

lower-priced homes
decreasing in most areas of
B.C. in the first quarter, of
this year.

ap-.

are rising here

The survey also recorded
that the availability of new,
homes decreased in most
areas of the province.
Terrace however, main-
tained an adequate supply
Godlinsk! said. . .

Overall house sales jn the |.

Terrace area have increased -
25 to'30:per cent from Jast ’
year's first quarter. ,

" situation was allowed to-get

busy ‘with. another: group ‘of:

ed. . campers who were creating,

a disturbance.:.. a
“They definitely “needed.
more men out’ there to.
contyol the situation.” ~
Matheson _ feels:

the
out of hand. -.; .
“We could se
developing. during ‘the day,.
those people started drinking

Safeway stores facing.

aril atl

Yo tae

in ‘the’ afternoon’ and from
thén of ‘it’ just’ Rol worse: -
: Matheson wrote a letter to
both’ -the “RCMP and: the
parks branch éxpressing his’
opinion about , the’: lack of
controY both forces displayed _
that night! “oO
The district '- superin-

~ tenderit At the parks branch,’

Fred Heldt, agrees it was a.’
bad night.
“Biven' with the assistance
of ‘the polibe it was difficult
to malntdin order that
nigh en re

are not paral occurences at
the park, | ee
The next weekend he had
no problems atall, =;
_ “Things Jike. that usually:

happen, én: the ..May ..2Ist*

weekend but we were mot

open ‘that weekend. Tt ap- —

pears that a certain element
of - the .public. that creates.
those disturbances saved it:.
up until.we'were open.”:
In'situations like that noisy.
campers canbe evicted.
However, with a crowd: of ©
people who “have ‘been |
drinking: the situation ‘gets’
‘touchy shys‘Heldt. --:-<-
. “If wee-:.éould “have.
descended ‘on them with a.:
half dozen‘ staff. members’:

:

they: could.ihave been ‘evic- .

ted. On occtsions like that T*.|

could have ‘used ‘another 10°
staff ‘members: but it’s dif-:
ficult to get qualified
peopile;!’ ‘said Heidt. - .

. “What:pedple don’t redlize’
is that when'this place is full.
it Is ‘equal ‘to a good ‘size.
village: ‘Also, noise:tends to

-. garry‘ further in’ natural:
‘see’ it * _

surroundings." -

The RCMP did lay charges ”
that “night. ‘One youth was:

laying off employees

“The Terrace. Safeway.
could be facing shortages of |
some items soon and may.
even be petting down ‘next
week due to a labor dispute
at MacDonald's .Con-
solidated Ltd.;
grocery chain’s suppliers.

Safeway officials have-
served notice to: the chains

4,000 retail, clerks, that:
can pS Po,
seven days from ow... 7

ne

court.)

NEWS |

-Nord Blomgren was
sentenced to two days. is jail
for a charge of: escaping
lawfuk custody in court
Tuesday. The incident - oc-
cured Jast Sunday when
Blomgren left the premises
of the Terrace Correctional
Centre’ without the
knowledge. of the guard on
duty. -- .

plus. one year: of probation
was handed down to Brian
Le Cleir by Judge Davies for
a charge of commiting an

attack on a premise. Le Cleir:

had broken the windows at,

the Legion in Houston.
Judge Davies

_ Kenneth Pritchard $560 or 20

days in jail after he pleaded

guilty to a charge of Im-

‘paired driving. .

fine of $200 or 10 days ini jail

‘on a charge of driving while’
. fis license was suspended.

the retail .

.A $900 fine or 20 days in jail -

f ined

‘Dale Fournier received a

‘The step was taken. in

preparation for -2 , poselble:

distribution centre strike
this week which would shut
down food supplies. to its 88
B.C, foad stores. | ©

‘Union officials Jast week.

.t

charged: with assaulting ‘a.

park ‘warden, another “for: ,
joyriding in the park) war-”
den’s truck and twa more for.
being intoxicated in a public .
place. ‘The ‘four youths were. :
held in "RCMP cells’ over-.

“night.

“We came as, soon as we .
cduld.. Theré was, someone
patrolling the camipsite,.” ”

said. “Staff Sergednt Dick...

Latta of the Terrace. detach-
ment ab ye

- By GAILDOTINGA™

_,_Meraldsiaft Weiter:

_» Jobs may be hard to come
by in some -fields "but .the
hotel industry ‘is suffering’
from a shortage of workers,.
says a local hotel owner. ° «
“There is a tremendous ;
need for.trained personnel] in .

the:hospitality business,””

says Rod Verstrate, owner.of |
the: Lakelse..Hatel : and:
President of the B,C, Hotels .

‘Association. © oo lene!

. To illustrate the problem,

eh | cor
°

© ap thé srimmertine we

are spread ‘thinly aud ‘can't:

ke everywhere'at once, The

person “working; (tiere™ thal

night’ was doing volunlary
overtime.

” Both the parks, branch and
ihe RCMP, are’ working: on
measures to prevent events

‘like -this happeriing again.-

“The. parks staff’ will éon-

tinue to enforce: their. liquor

policy,. When a. ¢ r.comes

through the, park gate it is

Verstrate pointed out .that :
- currently there is a shortage

of 5,000 cooks”
province. - :
To alleviate. this problem
the associatién is working on
a program to develop a
training: ‘school: for -em-
ployees: te

“«iNfot juist a ‘school to train

in the

managers but for waiters .
and waitresses too,” ‘said |

Nerstrates f° 25
«How many. times have
you been out-and thought. “he

a7

Heldt feels ‘badly for the gm feet Se ee aed 1 ;
‘sober campers who were @! O S No ‘ Ss - ort in e
kept awake that night, but ~ ; Dll Ret TN ie . & -

claims. situations like that .-

nedday June Ta WR) Page 3

The Herald. Weal

park rowdies.

gheesed for Large PRU Tes
af Tiquer. Wf found then the
dviver is fala (hat he ov she

“fan stay in (he park but that

their liquor will he stared al.

— the office and thal they can

pick it up when they leave.
1f they do nol agree tothat,
the parks officer asks them
to go-drink their alcohul
somewhere cise. .
; “We've had a fair number
of people leave when told
they could not take their

service was terrible.
Basically it's because em-
pleyers just don't have the
time to properly train people
in this industry.” ;

Another preblem Ver-
strate feels the training
schoo! will ease is the high
turnover rate of employees
in the hotel industry:

The association has been
talking with the provincial
government ‘about’. the
training program., Nothing.
concrete has been, worked

otels |

Fiquor inte the park,”
Heidt... on ne,
The HEME have alse
recognided’ that there is’ a
prablem-and have met with’
the Kitimat detachment ti.
arrange a pulrol of the park.
“Rifimat- has, supplied
some people and so have we
so that we are now able lo
patrol the area more.” said
Latta, . ee
1 the need Js there it will |
be a regular patral.

out yet by either ride.

“We're looking al schools °

in Montreal to get some jden
of how to'set one‘ up," *said
Verstrate.

_ Incorporating the training

into the regional colleges is.
another possibility the

-association 16 looking at.”

One of the problems with,

schools of this type ia getting

enough students to attend, a
problem which has plagued:
other schools of this type and,

_ one the association will have’

-to deal with, = S05 |

Starting June,
amakes it €
Vancouver

Every afternoon al 1:30 dur nev
Boeing 737 jet service deparis
Terrace for Smithers, Then,

You arrive tw
Vancouver at ce

meeting avd a night on

agent or Pacific Westen

\ at

wv

asked “the food chain to |-*

remove: perishables ‘from ite
warehouses by, midnight:

Tuesday night. —..-

Safeway officiala refuse to. |
comment on strike iasves or

negotiations.‘ °:

(WEATHER )

The weather forecast for
Thursday, June 19, is mainly

sunny,and warm. The reason”

for this is a‘ ridge of high
pressure developing over
northern B.C. continuing to
bring us blue skies and lots of

sun. boos
The afternoon.” tem-
peratures are expected to
reach at least 20° degrees
Celsius but, the ‘overnight
lows should drop off.to 10.
The outlook for’ Friday

sees a continuation ‘of this’

beautiful weather,'sunny and
warm. fy

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