[NAGDU] collar question

Sun May 15 22:07:43 UTC 2016

When I brought Thai home, he was wearing a slip chain (choke chain)
with the tags attached at the middle. I switched collars after being
home for a while. He now wears a nylon buckle collar with his tags all
the time. When he's working, he generally wears either a Halti or
martingale in addition to the flat collar.

All of my dogs wear collars with tags in the house so I can keep track
of them more easily and I perchased a collar bell for Thai to make it
even easier to interrupt a counter surfing attempt. The signature
jingle of each dogs tags are also really helpful in a larger outdoor
area with multiple dogs. I never thought about the sound of collar
tags attracting other dogs' attention, but it actually makes a lot of
sense to me. I find the echo of the tags really helpful though, which
I don't even realize I'm using until I don't have it. When I have my
dog leash-guide in just a flat collar, the tags don't make much noise
because they are attached to the same ring as the leash, and
everything sounds so different.

Danielle and Thai

On 5/15/16, d m gina via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Original message:
> Now how did you get the dog to stop interacting with folks,,
> this is interesting for me.
> When sniffing is what you do for a living loll.
> Or sniffing toes threw sandles.
> Things like that.
> I am sure she would grow up faster if she would leave folks alone. Then
> listen to commands better.
> They have flowers around the holy water base,
> Gee that is the best thing to smell.
> I tell you, I pray she doesn't decide to eat some.
> Stil trying to put that one together.
> Bushes, I am guessing that she was around bushes all of the time.
> She can't stop sniffing them loll.
> You can say forward until the cows come home, I am still waiting for
> them to come home.
> I truly have to move her forward.
> Just unreal.
>> LOL  Jetta is the same way with kids, and teens, and old people
>> and...well
>> all the people!  I completely stopped letting her interact with anyone at
>> any time and that has helped.  Maybe someday, but definitely not this
>> year.
>
>> I don't think tags or silence makes too much of a difference with people.
>> With dogs though, the difference is dramatic, at least for me.  It's like
>> the dogs know what the jingle of those tags means, even if they can't see
>> the dog.  Then much barking commences and sometimes jumping over fences
>> and
>> once breaking through a glass window.  I prefer stealth dog, much less
>> stress all around.
>
>> Julie
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tami Jarvis via NAGDU
>> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 12:47 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] collar question
>
>> Julie,
>
>> Who knew? I'll have to think about the benefits of silence when it comes
>> to dogs and kids. Loki seems to be getting less interference these days,
>> so I think he's learned to solicit less and to communicate a wish for
>> space. Or we just haven't been around kids and loose dogs to come
>> interfere. With Mitzi, kids were a problem, because they really unnerved
>> her when they came up to her with their curl-snatching little hands. She
>> likes them, just not up close and personal. She got better with time, so
>> we didn't spin around in circles every time a kid came a' petting. Loki
>> must bond with every child he meets, and they must bond with him. Only
>> when he spurted up and could look most kids in the eye, he couldn't
>> understand that he was just terrifying all of a sudden. Kids would still
>> see him and come running up to him, then find themselves eye to eye...
>> They'd come to a skidding halt and *scream*! Right in his face. That
>> scared the heck out of me, but as far as I could tell, Loki thought it
>> was just fun and games. He doesn't look so puppy-ish anymore, so we
>> haven't had that problem for a long time. Whew! And he has figured out
>> that it's best to be gracious from a distance and to maintain gracious
>> reserve if the child comes up to pet him. My nerves may recover some
>> day. /lol/
>
>> I might try experimenting one of these days to see if there's a
>> difference with and without bells. This could be a revolutionary new
>> concept for guide dog users everywhere! /lol/
>
>> Tami
>
>> On 05/15/2016 05:54 AM, Julie J. via NAGDU wrote:
>>> At home Monty wears no collar at all.  Jetta wears a nylon buckle collar
>>> with her tags that do jingle.  It does help me keep track of her.  She's
>>> pretty well stopped using my houseplants as a salad bar, but every now
>>> and then she thinks about it.  The tag jingle helps me call her away
>>> from getting into trouble.
>
>>> When out Monty wears a martingale with his tags covered by a tag
>>> silencer. I found when I started using the tag silencer or not having
>>> the dog wear tags when out, that it cut down dramatically on
>>> interference from other dogs.  Those tags jingling are like the ice
>>> cream truck jingle to little kids.  They hear that familiar tune and
>>> come running.   Silencing the tags was the biggest single thing I ever
>>> did to help cut down on random unwanted dog encounters.
>
>>> Julie
>>> Courage to Dare: A Blind Woman's Quest to Train her Own Guide Dog is now
>>> available! Get the book here:
>>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QXZSMOC
>
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