[nagdu] Tips For Slowing Down?

Jess And Saunders jsears1986groups at gmail.com
Sat Aug 14 21:10:29 UTC 2010


Hello
No he does not. When I push and pull on the harness it does nothing. Nothing 
I do works. I can correct him to that does not work. He just walks extremely 
fast to where at times we sort of graze people or people have to jump quick 
to move out of his way.
Jess

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From: "Nimer Jaber" <nimerjaber1 at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 9:40 AM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Tips For Slowing Down?

>  Hello,
>
> At Seeing Eye, I was taught to push in on the handle and pull it back out 
> in a steady motion, meaning not fast, but not too slow either while at the 
> same time saying "steady" in a calm, clear voice. If my dog refuses to 
> slow down, then it is time for me to figure out why the dog is so excited 
> that she wants to move so fast. If I can't figure out a reason and 
> repeated steady commands with pushing in on the harness handles fails to 
> slow down my dog, then it's time for a correction. Not sure how others on 
> list or from other schools do this. What happens when you push in on the 
> handle? Does the dog slow down even a little?
>
> Thanks
> Nimer J
>
> On 8/14/2010 8:32 AM, Jess And Saunders wrote:
>> Hey All
>> My guide and I do great outdoors and in. I need for him though to slow 
>> down in stores a bit especially in crowded areas. My mom says he just 
>> sort of barrels his way through the crowds. I tried gently bouncing the 
>> harness and also slowly pulling then pushing forward on the handle. 
>> Thanks for any suggestions. He is a speed demon.
>> Jess
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