[nagdu] Pulling up the harness was Do you ever get angry with your dogs andhowtocontroleit?

[GARY STEEVES]

Hi;
Forme, it was my school who gave me this command or way of speeding up the dog. I lift the harness and say pick it up. I do not keep the harness in this position for  for than the time it requires to say pick it up a couple of times. I'm a newbie so would do what the school tells me since I assume this is what they've taught their dogs  to react to. The other explanations of why lifting the harness handle makes sense to me too but I'll keep doing what I do since it seems to work.

I'll ask them when their next out here about ways to speed up the dog and see what they tell me a year after I got him. :)

Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: Bernadetta Pracon <bernadetta_pracon at samobile.net>
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011 12:45 am
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Pulling up the harness was Do you ever get angry with your dogs andhowtocontroleit?
To: lirving1234 at cox.net
Cc: nagdu at nfbnet.org

> Hi guys:
> I've been told not to lift up the harness to speed my pup up 
> when a TSE trainer came out for a follow up a few years ago. She 
> said that it may speed him up temporarily,but it does actually 
> cause the harness to dig into the space between his front paws 
> and his belly. In Kipp's case, it actually slowed him down more 
> often than not, when I did that. The instructor said that the 
> more affective approach is to pull the leash forward with the 
> right hand, like some people have already suggested on here. 
> Also, I find that if I pull the harness back slightly, by 
> curving my elbow a littlemore, it causes a little more positive 
> tension, which motivates him and makes him pay more attention to 
> the pace.  I'm not saying that this is good advice for 
> everyone, because some harnesses may be designed in a way where 
> they don't cut into the dog's paws if pulled up; I'm basing this 
> on a TSE harness.
> 
> Just thought I'd add some useful input.
> 
> all best
> 
> Bernadetta
> 
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