[nagdu] thoughts on Pilot's training

[Marianne Denning]

I have my fifth dog and I have found each dog needs to be corrected
differently.  My second one was the worst.  I finally had to put a
gentle leader on her because leash corrections were totally
ineffective.  Then came my third dog and she was crushed by a "no,
leave it" or similar correction.  It is important to get to know the
dog and determine corrections that are appropriate.  That is very hard
when it is your first dog.  BTW, the same rules applied to my three
sons.

On 1/8/15, Debby Phillips via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi.  Well, dogs do test us, especially when they are young.  I
> don't think any school says "Yank the leash really hard!" A leash
> correction is NOT a hard yank, or at least not the first one.
> Seeing Eye teaches a ladder of correction.  So first, we do a
> verbal "leave it" or pfui for us, no for other schools.  Then if
> that doesn't work, a light tug on the leash, then a full-blown
> correction if that doesn't work.  I refuse to feel guilty or like
> leash corrections are "bad".  As much as our dogs get corrected,
> they get praised.  It's not like those of us who still use leash
> corrections just do that all the time.  Do people abuse
> corrections? Sure.  But do people always do positive
> reenforcement correctly all the time? Nope.  All I know is that I
> AM the Alpha female in our house, cuz if Mama ain't happy,
> nobody's happy.  Lol.    Debby and Neena
>
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
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