[nagdu] GL and TSE leash

[Aleeha Dudley]

I think putting the large snap on the collar and the small one on the gentle leader makes something similar to a three-quarter leash in length.  As far as the leash getting caught on the harness, my trainer actually trimmed my leash a little bit while I was at the school. It has definitely helped.

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> On Mar 17, 2015, at 9:59 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I thought the three-quarter leash was putting the little snap on the GL,
> then putting the big snap on the ring that would ordinarily make a long
> leash.  I tried that, and then I could put the leash on my wrist, but there
> wasn't enough tension, so I went back to the, um, split leash with one snap
> on the collar and the other on the GL. It's working well, I think, but it
> feels like the leash is catching on the harness loops or something.
> I had a dog who strongly preferred a loose leash, so maybe I'm not used to
> any tension in the leash.
> I wish we'd worked more on this in class.  My last dog didn't do well with
> the GL, so I never used it.  This class, I guess the trainer figured
> everyone knew the GL, so she didn't talk about it much, even though I said I
> didn't know it well.  Guess I should have said that five times more.  Oh
> well.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debra Baker via
> nagdu
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 3:39 PM
> To: 'Aleeha Dudley'; 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide
> Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] GL and TSE leash
> 
> Tracy,
> 
> This is Debbie Baker, also a TSE graduate; I agree with Aleeha Dudley about
> the amount of tension on the leash when Krokus is wearing the gl.  As you
> are doing, attaching the leash to his collar, and the small snap to the gl,
> you are creating what my most recent trainer called a three-quarter leash.
> He told me to put no more than two or three fingers to hold the leash loop
> because, as Aleeha stated, putting it on your wrist as usual would use too
> much tension.  
> 
> Debbie Baker with Bella, bakerdebra53 at gmail.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aleeha Dudley via
> nagdu
> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 4:47 PM
> To: Tracy Carcione; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide
> Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] GL and TSE leash
> 
> I believe it is supposed to have some tension in it. In fact, when I spoke
> to a trainer about the way I was doing it, he told me to make sure that I
> shortened up on the right side of the leash, the part that was attached to
> the gentle leader, so that I could feel exactly where my dog's head was
> going. If I couldn't already. I do not put the leash over my wrist if Dallas
> is wearing the gentle leader. He does not appreciate that very much.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Mar 15, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> 
>> I've been working Krokus with the Gentle Leader all the time this last 
>> week, and it's starting to make a difference.  He's turning from a 
>> good dog into the excellent dog I always knew he could be.  He's still 
>> a bit slow, and sometimes hesitant, but he's getting better about 
>> that,
> too.
>> 
>> I'd like to hear how other TSE graduates hold the leash with the GL, 
>> since TSE leashes seem to be the shortest out there-something I 
>> generally
> like.
>> 
>> I am attaching the small snap to the GL and the big snap to the 
>> collar, and holding the leash against the harness with 2 fingers.  It 
>> still seems to be taut when I'm pulling back on the harness to have 
>> good tension in the handle, which is very important to Krokus.  Is the 
>> leash supposed to have some tension in it?  Is there a better way to 
>> hold it?  I tried attaching the leash only to the GL, but that wasn't 
>> enough tension, and K started diving again.
>> 
>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
>> 
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