[nagdu] shorelining

[Hope Paulos]

Whentraining with John Byfield, from Fidelco, I used the same 
technique of using the cane; an obstacleffkeepthedog on track.  I 
would have no idea how to explain how to do it though, I'm sorry.  
My dogno longer needs this.  She does well with country travel- 
(I'm in a rural part of Maine, after all!).
Hope and Beignet

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>Wow, we didn't do that at Leader at all.  Who was your trainer? 
That's
>exciting!
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>> 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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>> 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
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>> From: "Jenine Stanley" <jeninems at wowway.com
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>> 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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