[nagdu] I got yelled at

[Sherry Gomes]

GDB trains all their dogs now with the gentle leader, not for the full
training schedule, but they have to do some important routes with it on.  I
found it harder to use, because it's a whole different type of correction.
My dogs can get a little sniffy due to my slow pace, so I use verbal
corrections and food rewards to manage the behavior when necessary.  But,
yeah, many people have great success with the gentle leader.



-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Tami Kinney
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 1:12 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nagdu] I got yelled at

Sherri,

I use the Halti or GL -- I have one of each, depending on which harness
I'm using -- so that I know when my dog is sniffing. /lol/ I end up
using it for reminders to keep her mind on the job, and then I try to
give her "authorized" sniffing opportunities at the beginning of working
jaunts so that she can get it out of her system. Sounds like the
coward's way out to me, but it works, so... /grin/

Tami

On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 11:58 -0600, Sherry Gomes wrote: 
> 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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