[nagdu] GDB time-out

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Sherry.
I think you and I are coming from the same place--longtime dog users, a
bit skeptical of these newfangled ideas, but willing to give them a try.
I think I'll try this time-out thing on my way home today.  I may get ten
people asking me if I'm OK while I stop and become a tree, but I'll be
interested to see how it goes.
Thanks for sharing.
Tracy
> Hi Tracy,
>
> We also use the time out if the dog gets distracted in the field. To my
> surprise, it really works. I was quite skeptical of the concept till I
> tried
> it. All my dogs have been pretty easy to manage, and I've tried the verbal
> correcting thing with her, just a simple, no hop up. but the time out
> works
> better. and pretty much every time, after the ten seconds are done and I
> pick up the harness and say forward, off we go. Once the dog moves past
> whatever distracted it, we generally halt and praise and feed, or in the
> case of my dog, praise and love up.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 6:08 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] GDB time-out
>
> I've been reading Sherry's GDB training journal with great interest.  She
> mentions something I never heard of before that they call a time-out.  If
> I understand correctly, when the dog, for instance, is not heeling
> properly, the person stops, holds the leash near the collar to keep the
> dog out of mischief, and stonily ignores the dog for 10 seconds.  This
> bums the dog out, and he resolves to do better.  Have I got it right?  Is
> it used in other places, besides heeling?  Have people found that it
> works?
> I'm thinking I might give it a try, when Ben is feeling sniffy.  He likes
> to keep boogying down the road; stopping and doing nothing might be an
> effective correction. Ben couldn't care less if I ignore him, but I could
> see how it might affect a softer dog.
> Tracy
>
>
>
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