[nagdu] I got yelled at

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Sherry.
That's a good one, giving them the school's number!  I haven't been yelled
at for quite a while, so it came as rather a surprise.

I tried a Gentle Leader with Ben early on, but he walks slower with it on,
which gives him more leisure to sniff.  And then I'd have a hard time
getting him to stop, since I couldn't give a good yank.
The pinch collar helps a bit, but I don't like it much.  And so I put up
with his sniffing for 3 or 4 blocks.
Tracy

> I pretty much ignore people now if they yell at me, but I used to smile
> sweetly and give them GDB's phone number and tell them to ask for graduate
> services and make a complaint.  It always shut them up, because they
> realized if I was confident enough of my handling to tell them to whom to
> complain, the complaint wouldn't go very far.  LOL.
>
> Also, with your dog's sniffing problem, have you ever tried a halty or
> gentle leader with him?  I don't like them myself, but I know tons of
> handlers who have great success with them.  With your dog's age, if you've
> never used one, it might be hard to get him used to it, but I thought I'd
> mention it anyway.
>
> Sherry
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:34 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] I got yelled at
>
> I got yelled at yesterday for correcting Ben.  He crossed the street fine,
> then he took the opportunity to sniff the lightpole, and I yanked his
> leash, and some guy said I was very mean.  Well, I could have been wrong,
> and Ben could have been stopping for all the people at the curb, but he'd
> sniffed every lightpole he was near so far on our walk, so I was probably
> right.  I could have tried a verbal correction instead, but Ben usually
> laughs at those.  I did give a brief explanation, but we were both zooming
> on our separate ways.  Of course, after the guy yelled at me, Ben pulled
> over at his usual spot and relieved himself, and was excellent after that,
> earning many Good Boys!  But the guy will never know that.  Not that I
> especially care, but it was annoying.
> I sure wish Ben could always be the dog he is after he's relieved.  Before
> he does, he's a sniff monster.  But, if I try to relieve him first thing,
> before we set out, he sniffs around a bit, then just stands there.  He
> wants the walking to get the old juices flowing.  But it's pretty
> aggravating for me, because he wants to walk and sniff until he's gone,
> and I just want to walk. I've put up with it for almost 5 years now,
> because otherwise Ben is very good, but I sure won't miss it when he
> retires.
> Tracy
>
>
>
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