[nagdu] dog corrections

[countrygrl290 at aol.com]

 Hi There 
I think it is different depending on the person and the dog . When I first got Denver his corrections were a quick jeark on the choke collar .... I was able to teach him the word dont or leave it in conjunction with the collar so every time i corrected? he herd dont? or he herd leave it . I train service dogs for the disabled in wheelchairs so our recipents do not generally have the ability to physically correct a dog , I wanted the same for my dog just because i feel a dog can learn what those words mean and associate a consequence. I eventually pulled Denver off of the choke completely and he now goes off of a verbal DONT or LEAVE IT . he wears only a? flat collar . this took me years though and it is not something that happened overnight . I think from graduation to out of this choke and on verbal corrections it took almost 2 years to get it perfected . We still sometimes use a choke collar when we are at the school or large events with other dogs just as a remnder? and i have had to remind him with the collar correction and word? in those situations a few times but only a few . 
Hope this helps? and im interested too ... good topic 
Cari and Denver 


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: GARY STEEVES <rainshadowmusic at shaw.ca>
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wed, Aug 26, 2009 8:13 pm
Subject: Re: [nagdu] dog corrections










Hello Everyone:

I have a question that I will be quite interested in peoples  ansers  about. I 
am curious when people say that they "correct" their dog what do they mean?

I have  witnessed different examples of this such as pulling on a choke collar, 
a sharply spoken word, slapping a thigh, the sound the dog whisper uses on his 
show. Is the means of correction something that differs from school to school as 
well.

Thank you
Gary
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