[NAGDU] Gentle Leader

[Ricky Joe Cook]

Hi Rachel, I use a gentle leader on Darcy and she does the same. She doesn't 
like it but the funny thing is that when she has it on she works wonderfully 
and when she has it off she is a different dog.

My GL has the padding on the top of the nose piece like you described. I got 
Darcy from Pilot Dogs.

I saw the same Gentle Leader at my Petco.

Ricky Joe & Darcy In Portland Oregon


-----Original Message----- 
From: Rachel Grider via NAGDU
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2017 6:31 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Cc: Rachel Grider
Subject: [NAGDU] Gentle Leader

Hello, All:

I have a question about gentle leaders.  This last weekend, at
our NFB state convention, I used my gentle leader with Demi while
we were in the hotel because I knew that she would be very
excited about all the guide dogs.  She kept trying to rub the
thing off, which is not unusual, but then when I decided that she
was calm enough and took it off of her, she still kept trying to
rub her face on me for awhile.  She did the same thing the next
time we used the GL, acting as if her muzzle was itching or sore
because of the GL.

I got my GL from The Seeing Eye.  It is actually my second
because I lost the first one they gave me and had to replace it.
The first GL had padding around the muzzle, but this one does
not; when I asked about this, I was told that they don't make
this particular brand with padding anymore because the padding
seemed to be irritating the dogs.  Demi definitely seems more
bothered by this GL than she did with the last one, however.  I
know that the problem isn't the tightness because I have tried
loosening it with the same result, and it wasn't ridiculously
tight to begin with.

Does anyone have suggestions on other gentle leaders which might
work better? I don't think I want to use this one anymore.

Thank you, and all best!

Rachel and Demi, Who is Still Young and Excitable Enough to
Occasionally Need a Gentle Leader

_______________________________________________
NAGDU mailing list
NAGDU at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NAGDU:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/rickyjoecook%40comcast.net

---
This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
http://www.avg.com