[nagdu] I got yelled at

Thu Aug 25 14:00:27 UTC 2011

The gentle leader is a um piece that goes over a dog's muzzle and attaches 
to the collar and the leash, it gives you more of a feel where their head 
is.  Give you a little more control.  I don't know where to get them though, 
my school provided mine.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Janice Toothman
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 8:53 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] I got yelled at

I am unfamiliar with the GEntle Leader. What type of harness is it? How
does it work? and how would one get one ? because I have a problem with
Destiny sniffing when she is breaking and when we go walking when she is
in harness.
Janice and Destiny

On 8/24/2011 3:32 PM, Sherry Gomes wrote:
> 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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