[NAGDU] Gentle Leader

[Tracy Carcione]

When I take off Krokus's GL, I give him a face and muzzle massage, rubbing
everything and moving it all around, and that seems to satisfy his desire to
rub his face.
I keep his GL pretty tight, because otherwise he still grabs stuff off the
ground, and I can't put my hand in his mouth to take it away.
Tracy


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From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rachel Grider via
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Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2017 9:31 PM
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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

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