[nagdu] Poky Krokie gets fixed, hopefully

[Marsha Drenth]

Tracy, Interesting, can you describe this Force Forward more? I do not need to use it, nor would I recommend that anyone use this technique with out having an instructor show you the right way, but I am more curious than anything. 
Thanks!

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> On Apr 25, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Krokus has been slow since about the 5th day of class.  I have been asking
> myself lately if I can live with his casual stroll, or if I want to send him
> back to work with an 80-year-old while I try again.
> 
> My trainer came out to work with me on his scavenging, and I told her I was
> also having trouble with his pokiness.  She didn't do much for his
> scavenging, so I'll carry on with the GL, but I think she actually fixed his
> slowness, and she showed me how, too.  It's something we had tried before,
> and it hadn't worked, but now it seems to be doing the trick.  It's called
> force forward.  It's not very nice.  It involves a high collar and making
> him uncomfortable until he really pulls into the harness.  But it only took
> a few times, and now he is really stepping out, and, if he starts dropping
> back into stroll, I say Hup and he knows I really mean it.  It reminds me of
> something Chaim said the other day.  Sometimes, I just have to say enough,
> and get your butt in gear or else.
> 
> I had tried click and treat at curbs, and it seemed to sort of work, but he
> was still slower than I want.  So no more Mrs Nice Guy.  I don't know if
> he's just been lazy, or he got the idea in all the snow and ice that slow
> was good.  So now we're breaking the habit.
> 
> I'm so relieved that at last he's moving along at the pace and pull I want.
> He's smart, and very easy to work with, and, now he's stepped it up a bit, I
> think we can have a long, happy partnership.
> 
> Tracy
> 
> 
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