[NAGDU] Progress already

[Tami Jarvis]

Tracy,

Good job! It's always nice to sort out a problem and come up with a 
solution, then have it work out.

I have to thank you for bringing up the danger of falling sideways off 
the curb, since it made me more aware when we were downtown yesterday 
for the lead up to Crazy Days, where there's merchandise on the 
sidewalks, as well as signs and who knows what else, along with a lot of 
people shopping for those crazy sales. This was Loki's first time 
traversing that gauntlet in harness, and I was happy with how he managed 
it. There was one point where he let me know the way we were trying to 
go was a bit too narrow or blocked, so I asked him to go around left, 
which he did... For me, the left side is the dangerous one, since I work 
him on my right. Thinking of you, I remembered about the curb and how 
close we were, so was able to dramatize an almost fall instead of going 
splat. Whew! And I dutifully had him redo the spot, refusing to go 
around left and finding a way through without that ankle-breaker. Whew! 
I think it was also a good reminder for him to pay attention when my 
husband's around, since that's difficult. The spouse doesn't help, so 
I've taken to going around saying, "Both of you, cut that out!" a lot. /lol/

I'm glad Krokus is getting better at paying attention to those narrow spots.

Tami



On 07/16/2016 07:52 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU wrote:
> Already I'm seeing progress in my efforts to get Krokus to be more careful
> about what's on my right.
>
> Lunchtime Thursday, he cut a corner to get where we were headed and pushed
> me into a very shallow cutout.  I stopped and scolded him, and made him
> re-work it.  He nailed it, and right away I could feel him paying more
> attention.  I've had to stop and show him a few places since, where bushes
> were growing way over the sidewalk, and he's understood right away what was
> wrong and done better.  It's hard, when people let their bushes pretty much
> block the sidewalk.  The choices are to squeeze past, or to step off into
> the grass, which is sometimes quite a drop.  So I'm telling Krokus to stop,
> show me the obstacle, then we squeeze past, carefully.  Sometimes I think I
> should walk around town with a machete.
>
>
>
> I've also gotten out the clicker and treat bag so I can click the downcurb
> and stop his tendency to creep up to it.
>
>
>
> I'm really pleased with the puppinator.  Seems like all he needed was a bit
> of a reminder about what's expected.  We'll se how he does Monday in the
> City, when he's usually a bit excited.  Wish I was so enthusiastic about
> Monday morning.
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
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