[nagdu] Do you ever get angry with your dogsand howtocontroleit?

[Lisa Irving]

I'm challenged in trying to modify my dog's pace. He does what I deem, 
lollygag. I end up doing stutter steps and, I feel less confident. I try to 
catch my self straining to see what I no longer see with accuracy. When 
Bernie  is doing a new route, his pace is perfect for me. A month ago, we 
cruised for a few miles on the board walk near a beach. So, I know he can 
walk at a quicker pace. This is one of my sources of frustration with him. 
Any SUGGESTIONS?

Lisa and Bernie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GARY STEEVES" <rainshadowmusic at shaw.ca>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Do you ever get angry with your dogsand 
howtocontroleit?


> Hi Julie:
>
> Yes, Bogart does that thing with not gong forward sometimes too. Being a 
> fairly new dog user I do find it frustrating at times. I do what you do 
> which is simply take the leash  with my right hand and move it forward, 
> like leading a horse. Thatr usually gets him going. The funny thing is 
> that he has his preferred after work walks. Basically I have to take a 
> cross town bus and then either walk or another bus to go north. We often 
> take the cross town bus and then walk home on some nice residential 
> streets in the rich part of town. However, yesterday I felt like taking 
> the north south road just at my corner where I work. I noticed this last 
> year that Bogart doesn't seem to like this route. He works much more 
> slowly. I used to get frustrated but now I just try to encourage him and 
> go with the flow. He eventually worked his way up to average bogart speed 
> and got in the groove.
>
> I guess I find it challenging sometimes when he doesn't react as quickly 
> as I would like but I've had to learn that sometimes we have to miss a 
> light cycle since it is better to be safe than sorry.
>
> However, I too find those comments from the public about "is he in 
> training?" or the corner is this way ... This happened yesterday. I'm not 
> stupid. I know that my silly dog has gone onto the grass rather than to 
> the curb. When the woman said the corner is this way Bogart was more than 
> happy to turn and follow the nice woman (he really likes women) which is 
> great except we weren't going that way. Sometimes Bogart thinks he is 
> being helpful by going onto the grass to the big light post in case there 
> happens to be a cross walk push button there. I'm working on that one 
> still. :)
>
> Anyway, I liked the comment that I'm the one being trained. that's the 
> truth.
>
> Gary
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Julie J <julielj at neb.rr.com>
> Date: Thursday, March 3, 2011 5:39 am
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Do you ever get angry with your dogs and 
> howtocontroleit?
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>
>> You know just yesterday I was leaving a coffee shop with friends
>> and Monty refused to go forward.  He does this sometimes
>> and it aggravates me to no end.  Usually it is because
>> there is something that he feels requires caution about half a
>> block ahead.   All I need to do is take the leash in
>> my right hand, gesture forward with it and give him a bit of
>> encouragement. The entire event from stopping to going again
>> occurs in about a second and a half.   Yesterday
>> though, someone passing says, "oh, he's in training." That
>> really aggravates me.  It's like he's supposed to be
>> perfect every. single. second.  And honestly I don't
>> consider stopping a mistake, it's just being overly cautious
>>
>> I walked to the end of the block with my friends.  Monty
>> stopped at the curb.  I told him to turn left so we could
>> line up with where we needed to cross.  One of the friends
>> says, "he didn't turn."  Like that was a mistake. He isn't
>> supposed to turn.  He does sometimes if it's a very
>> familiar route, but I don't expect it.  Still it aggravates
>> me that we are constantly judged and found lacking.
>>
>> Both very small things and not worth my energy.  I know,
>> but I do think that sometimes it's good to vent.  It keeps
>> me sane and it helps others know they are perfectly normal for
>> getting irritated too. *smile*
>>
>> Julie
>>
>>
>>
>>
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