[nagdu] Speeding up

[Daryl Marie]

Craig,
Are you sure that Chase and jenny aren't related?

You have described Jenny's speediness to a tee!  Henny, our BC/Alberta Guide Dogs trainer, advised that I talk to her a lot, too; she just generally responds when I talk to her, and it also helps redirect her when she's about to get sniffy or scroungy.

Can't remember who, but someone mentioned a trainer advising NOT to talk to the dog.  I guess with some dogs, this is good advice, but Jenny girl responds so well to verbal praise or correction.

Do you find that Chase speeds up or slows down when he has to relieve?  Jenny is little miss speedy!

Daryl

----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Heaps via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>, NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:15:43 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Speeding up

Chase normally goes abnormally fast, which is what I like\. But sometimes he 
slows say down.

I talk to him constantly. We have a running monologue of "Good boy" and 
"Nice work. Pluse "Attaboy" and "Good dog." Thtt's what my instructor at GDB 
told me to do. When he slows down, he seems to respond to increased 
excitement in my voice. and picks up speed again.

More often, though, I have to slow him down a bit, especially in crowds. He 
likes to slalom me along packed sidewalks, coming perilously close to 
unsuspecting pedestrians going our direction and playing chicken with those 
going the other direction..

Craig and Chase

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 7:23 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Speeding up


> As some of you may recall, I've been having problems since class with 
> Krokus
> being very slow in some situations, like walking around the town where I
> live.  A trainer came out to help me with this and some other things, and 
> he
> recommended I talk to Krokus more than my class trainer thought I should,
> and click and treat when we got to a downcurb.  I'm happy to say this 
> seems
> to be working.  It's hard to be sure, since we can't really boogy in all 
> the
> ice and snow, but he's definitely moving at a much better pace than he 
> was.
>
> I've also started C&T-ing him for walking up to the top of stairs, instead
> of stopping 5 feet short and creeping up on them.  Now he's getting close
> enough that I can stick out my foot and find the edge without a million
> hopp-ups.  I think, even after doing it a couple times, that I can stop
> C&T-ing now, and just praise him up instead.
>
> So the clicker has been very helpful.  Just thought I'd share, as I'm sure
> others have or will have similar troubles.
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
>
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