[nagdu] shorelining

[Sherri]

Wow, we didn't do that at Leader at all. Who was your trainer? That's 
exciting!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennie Facer" <puppya at clearwire.net>
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Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] shorelining


> We did the same thing at Leader, and that is how I work with Delilah now,
> also.  The cane does help a lot in country travel.
>
> Jenn
>
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> Of Margo and Elmo
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 4:14 AM
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] shorelining
>
> At the Seeing eye, a cane is used as part of country work and the cane is
> used as an obstacle to keep the dog on course.  It's been a very long 
> since
> I've used the technique so maybe a more recent Seeing Eye grad can explain
> it.  I like using the cane with my dog during country work.
>
> margo and Elmo
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jenine Stanley" <jeninems at wowway.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 7:50 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] shorelining
>
>
>> Julie asked about how different programs train for shorelining.
>>
>> I can tell you what GDF does these days.
>>
>> There is a lecture about the "straight line" concept which explains how
>> the
>> dogs are taught to walk just left of center on a sidewalk. Then, there is
>> another short lecture and individual teaching about shorelining or 
>> country
>> travel.
>>
>> We always worked a left shoreline on country walks, those without
>> sidewalks.
>> GDF does have commands "over left" and "over right" which mean that the
>> dog
>> should move over that direction slightly but the command I was taught to
>> use
>> when working a road without sidewalks where I need to shoreline was "stay
>> left" or "stay right".
>>
>> They began teaching a right shoreline as a test back in the mid '90's. My
>> last two classes, 2005 and 2008, it was part of class.
>>
>> I find that where I live, due to curving road and poor lines of sight for
>> drivers, it's safer to work the right side of several roads. My 
>> instructor
>> put a lot of work into his dogs doing right shoulder work, as we call it,
>> because he said it is the harder of the two shoreline methods to teach 
>> and
>> reinforce. I have to say that Swap is extremely good at it too.
>>
>> These shorelining techniques can also be used to navigate parking lots.
>>
>> I think the country walks, especially during the home training part of my
>> recent training with Swap, are the most exhausting for me. In the
>> beginning,
>> until you learn the dog's moves and trust him or her to keep that perfect
>> alignment with the edge, it takes a lot of monitoring.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jenine Stanley
>> jeninems at wowway.com
>>
>>
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