[nagdu] Juno walks

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

It really seems like they have, which is great.  I think it was probably
that woman; others have found her manner offputting.  Now that I know more,
I would understand the reason for it.  Or maybe I'm just stubborn?  /grin/
Well, I did do it, but not joyfully.  As I recall, her way of putting it was
that she wanted to see if could control a dog; she didn't mention that it
was strenght assessment.

I've only had a couple of Juno walks, but they were so much fun and really
confirmed for me how much I would be happier traveling by dog than cane.
/smile/  My first Juno walk was just so I could try it and get a feel for
it, so Juno didn't get into any trouble at all.  /smile/

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of AnnaLisa Anderson
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 1:05 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: [nagdu] Juno walks

Hi Angie and all,

This reminded me of something funny that happened during my last training
class, when I got Sunny.  I was doing a juno walk with my trainer, and at
one point Juno stopped to sniff something I think, and I gave a correction
and pulled the harness right out of the trainer's hand.  Actually it
happened more than once. <smile>  I didn't even think it was that hard of a
correction, but I caught the trainer off guard I guess because I was so
quick about it.  He teasingly accused me later of taking Juno's head off.
No, I don't make it a routine to give hard corrections, and no one I ever
did a juno walk with ever asked me to give the hardest correction I could.
I do remember my first trainer though, tying a harness and leash to a fence
post and telling me to give a two-handed leash correction with everything I
had.  I respected him so I did as he asked, but I remember it broke my heart
because I was thinking, I hope I never have to do that with a real dog.
Fortunately I've never had to correct a real dog that hard, and since those
days I have learned a whole lot, and I think the schools have too, that
positive methods work much better.

AnnaLisa and Sundance



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