[nagdu] Bells

[Tami Kinney]

Larry,

Ah, the dreaded poodle Stealth Mode! The bells on the color merely add 
extra spice to a life of high crimes and misdemeanors. Of course, the 
point of a poodle crime is not the object of theft or even the crime 
itself. It's getting away with it to see if you catch them! Mitzi is so 
pleased with herself and with us when we bust her in the act!

So, when you have bells on your poodle and the bells are not jingling, 
your belief that the poodle is simply being very good and still exactly 
where she should be... You could be wrong. /lol/ I still get jumpy when 
we're in a restaurant and I notice I"m not hearing anything from the 
dog. She's never done any of the really extreme things that pop into my 
fervid imagination, but... She's a poodle, after all, so I can never 
really be sure. It's looking like, just as she taught Daisy the fine art 
of trouble making for trouble's sake, then looking too innocent to have 
had anything to do with it, so she is training Zay. We are in trouble 
around here for sure!

I do like bells on the collar for echo location and added feedback in 
tricky environments when we're on the go. I've discovered that I use the 
clicker for that, too, so now I just carry one in my hand especially 
when we go into a store or something. I do much better if I click when 
I'm confused. /lol/

Zay has already lost one of her bells and is discovering why it's a good 
idea to keep herself out from under foot. /lol/ Mitzi, of course, knows 
how to use her bells to keep from being tripped over, just as she can 
make them go silent when she's doing something she might not want us to 
notice.

The adventure continues...

Tami

On 12/30/2011 08:00 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
> They don't work on poodles! They're too smart! I've got one on my little
> poodle mix and he will hold his head still and sneak out the door! By
> the time I hear the bell, he's startting a merry chace!
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tami Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 8:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bells
>
>
>> Cool! Can non TSE grads order them, too? I've been looking for
>> something like those bells forever and just can't find them. So I use
>> clusters of cat bells to be able to hear and get some echo location
>> from them. Cat bells! On my guide dog! That just ain't right. /lol/
>>
>> Tami
>>
>> On 12/30/2011 03:57 PM, Lyn Gwizdak wrote:
>>> Those little cowbells are hard to find. But TSE would have them. I saw
>>> them listed on the sheet we get to order leashes, collars, and stuff.
>>> Try them.
>>>
>>> Lyn and Landon
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy Carcione"
>>> <carcione at access.net>
>>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 7:47 AM
>>> Subject: [nagdu] Bells
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yesterday I let Ben run around the yard with his little TSE cowbell,
>>>> and
>>>> the bell fell off and got lost. Does anyone know where to get something
>>>> similar? I'd say Ben Franklin's, but we don't have any nearby.
>>>> I would like another little cowbell. It seems to ring better than the
>>>> round bells I have.
>>>> I'm sorry to have lost it. All I had to do was pick it up and ring it,
>>>> and Ben would come running to go enjoy a sniff in the yard.
>>>>
>>>> Happy New Year to all!
>>>> Tracy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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