[nagdu] Fw: [Seeingeye-l] [GDUI-Friends] Re:[buddy-l]YoungDogsSlowing Downin the Summer heat.

[Julie J]

Lisa,

I'm a bit confused about what you are referring to.  I think this discussion 
is going on several lists and we missed some in the middle of this thread. 
So if what I'm about to offer makes no sense or doesn't apply to your 
situation please use the delete key. *smile*

Varying a route can sometimes be a simple as crossing the street and walking 
on the other side, reversing your direction if your walking in a loop or any 
other alteration of the route.  It might also be helpful to give her some 
time out of harness to just walk on leash.  If you are walking on a trail at 
the park for exercise this might be a good place to let her do that.

I've not had a dog who didn't pull hard enough.  My issue has been to get 
them to quit pulling my shoulder out of socket! *smile*  So these ideas are 
just ideas and may not be worth the paper their written on.

Gently pull back on the handle until you get the pressure you want then 
praise, give treats etc.  I'd do this at first without moving and add only a 
few steps at first, building up to longer distances. If you are familiar 
with clicker training it would work well with this approach.

Get really excited and happy, be a cheerleader.  Pick up your pace or even 
jog a bit.  Do this in a familiar environment where you know there aren't 
any obstacles.  Most dogs will respond to the excitement by getting excited 
themselves.

Luring might be helpful, but it is not my favorite way of teaching things. 
Basically this is the carrot in front of the horse method.  It is awkward, 
but you hold a treat in your right hand out in front of her encouraging her 
to pull to get to the treat, then give the treat when she does pull.  Like I 
said I don't particularly like this method because a lot of dogs just focus 
on the treat and not what in the world they did to get it.  I did use this 
method with my previous dog to teach her to keep focused with head forward 
in distracting situations.

You might also try putting the leash in your right hand and giving gentle 
pressure forward.  this would mean stretching your right arm forward so the 
pull from the leash is forward instead of back.  It would also be important 
to use gentle constant pressure and not a correction.  I think correcting 
will make the problem worse.

HTH
Julie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa" <lison1273 at live.com>
To: "seeing eye-l" <seeingeye-l at list.web.net>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 12:20 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Fw: [Seeingeye-l] [GDUI-Friends] 
Re:[buddy-l]YoungDogsSlowing Downin the Summer heat.


>I forgot to mention the reason that I don't know this is that I went to TSE 
>in the dead of winter in 2007.
>
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> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 1:08 AM
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> [buddy-l]YoungDogsSlowingDowninthe Summer heat.
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>> Thank you all for all of your support and wonderful ideas.  You have 
>> given me a lot of stuff to think about and try.  If she is bored, how do 
>> I add some interest for her into the loop that we do and also get her to 
>> go back to her normal quick pace?  Also, since I gave into her slowing 
>> down the first time and if she is milking it for all its worth how do I 
>> get her to knock it off and shape up?
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