[NAGDU] Good follow-up

[d m gina]

I am pleased you are doing better.
I know with Julie's help I can keep this silly nose off the ground for 
the most part.
She is helping me with length of leashes to try.
The six foot leash as was requested from school is way to long.
Gives dog more chances of nose on the ground as well as diving under 
anything she wishes to dive for.
One would think she never gets fed, but that is a lab thing.
Just one of the things we will have to live with.
Wishing you the best.
Original message:
> A couple weeks ago, Krokus's trainer came out again to help me get the big K
> back on the straight and narrow, and things are much better now.

> She brought all the lengths of offset harness handle, and we quickly settle
> on the shortest.  The offset gives Krokus more room to maneuver, and the
> shortness gives me a more definite pull, so we're both more comfortable.
> She worked with me on my body language a bit.  I was putting my head down a
> bit when I said Forward.  I think I started doing it, thinking it would help
> Krokus hear me in a noisy environment, but he thought I was looking at him,
> and would stand there looking up at me and not moving.  So I have to keep my
> head up and look straight ahead when I say Forward, and most of the time he
> does it right away.

> And, if I feel he's not going straight in the street, I'm to stop and say
> Straight, at which point he re-orients himself.  It's nerve-wracking to stop
> in the street, but it's working better than the leash cues I was trying to
> use.

> She also worked with me on giving leash flicks forward when he doesn't
> maintain the pace I want.

> We took a long walk in a quiet neighborhood to work on all these things,
> and, by the end, we were doing a lot better.  We've regressed a bit, but
> we're definitely improving.  I think we're finally on the right path.  It's
> frustrating it's taken 2 and a half years to get here, but at least it seems
> to be happening at last.

> Tracy



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