[nagdu] question about chest pad

[Jenny Keller]

Hi,

Having been through three unsuccessful dogs at one school.  I have learned one thing.  

Though dealing with a faster dog is kind of a pain at first.  It is much easier to slow down a faster dog, than to speed up a slow dog.  In fact, the latter is just not possible.  that's why sometimes, a school will give you a dog that is a little faster than you need them to be.  So you can slow them down to your pace.  

also, it's important that you show your school, with whatever method they use to test your pace and such, your true pace, and not your fastest pace.  also, I have heard from others, that sometimes, it is uncomfortable, and sometimes hard to trust your dog enough to walk faster than you're comfortable, as you have never been able to walk that fast in your comfort zone due to being frightened of things that might come up.  We all know that we have to walk a little slower with our canes, but it is possible to walk faster, if we truly trust our dogs.

If the dog is going faster than you can physically handle.  then, it is easier, as I've said above, to slow that dog down, than to speed up a slow dog.

anyway, just my observations and opinion.

Jenny
On Aug 28, 2012, at 7:40 PM, Juanita Herrera wrote:

> Ramona, I wonder the same. At the school where I received my dog they
> try to match dog and handler according to pace, pull, etc. They take
> everything into consideration and if something doesn't seem to work
> between dog and handler they will work to find the best match. Also, I
> am more lenient towards the gentle leader than the chest pad. Although
> I have yet to use it with my dog.
> Juanita and Anise
> 
> On 8/28/12, Ramona Davidson <ramonadavidson88 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> forgive my stupidity, but I was under the empression that a good
>> matched dog will not pull too hard constently. I thought all schools
>> matched dogs to spead and pull, am I wrong? not trying to basch any
>> school or team, just curious.
>> 
>> On 8/28/12, Rhonda Cruz <rhondaprincess at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> hi bibi. mya is a german sheppard. yes mya does vary well with useing
>>> the chest pad. . it works 4 us. i don't mind it.
>>> 
>>> On 8/26/12, Criminal Justice Major <orleans24 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> Hi, Rhonda,
>>>> Am I missing something here?
>>>> I thought Maya was a black lab.
>>>> Yes, I've used the chest pad with Odie at times and he had no trouble
>>>> sleeping in his harness while the pad would be attached.
>>>> As for the prongs on the pad itself, no, they definitely don't dig
>>>> deeply
>>>> into the dog.
>>>> It helps get their attention.
>>>> Only dog that fought with it was Freedom David Berry, but it was because
>>>> of
>>>> his high anxiety of trafic scare, stress and aggression towards men.
>>>> Bibi
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>>> Rhonda & Mya..
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