[nagdu] Test Walk?

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

GDB kind of does that. We had several bus to lounge routes. The bus would 
park a few blocks from the lounge, and we would get out one or two at a time 
(I cannot remember which) and walk to the lounge. We all started from the 
same departure point, though. The trainers would hide themselves along the 
route to watch us and distract our dogs. The dog distraction thing did not 
usually work, though, because, by that time, we were used to the trainers 
trying to distract our dogs. It was actually a lot of fun. Sometimes, if one 
dog team left the bus not long after another, the second team would try to 
catch up and over take the team ahead of them. There were a couple of dogs 
in the class who enjoyed walking fast.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "loriandleo" <loriandleo at ohiohills.com>
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Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Test Walk?


> Hi Nicole,
>
> When I went to Leader to train with Leo my German Shepherd back in 2005,
> the trainers would take us out in the mini bus and drive around for a 
> while
> and then the trainer would drop   two students and their dogs off at
> different locations and tell us where were getting dropped off at. And the
> trainer would tell us to find our way back to the training center. And the
> trainers would be out and about watching us. This was called our Mystery
> walk.  The trainers wanted to see how well the student and dog worked
> together on their own and that the student and dog are safe when out
> walking.  we could ask for directions if needed.
>
> I really enjoyed this drop off mystery walk  that I had to do. It showed 
> to
> the trainers that I could safely work and trust in my dog when out and 
> about
> walking and that if I needed help because  of not being sure of where I'm 
> at
> that I can ask for some assistance and directions from someone if I needed
> to.  I have to say my dog and I and the other student and her dog  that I
> was with, we both found are way back to the training center just figureing
> out where were at together and working as a team.
>
> When I went to train with Gipp last December, the trainers were no longer
> dropping students and their dogs off and telling them to find their way
> back to the training center. Take care.
>
> Lori and theGipper
>
>
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