[NAGDU] snowbanks

[Vivianna]

Hi there.
I am an owner-trainer, currently training my 10 month old youngster.
I live in minneapolis so deal with the same snowbanks.
Here’s what i do; since i know that my pup will see the snowbank as an obstacle, and, since i do not want him to stray from his straight line, i allow him to stop at the bank as if it were a huge curb.  I put my foot up on the bank like a curb.  I ask him, with a big hand gesture, to go forward.  If he refuses because he thinks the bank is to big, then, i command him forward with another gesture.  I am carrying the leash in my right hand so, when igesture, the dog is getting a slight forward leash correction.  If he still refuses, because he’s a youngster and still getting his confidence, i will take a bigger step up with my right foot.  This has worked for me every time.  After we are back walking on the sidewalk, i praise him up.
Good luck.

Vivianna


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> On Feb 12, 2020, at 1:37 PM, Janell via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> 
> I had our monthly guide dog call last night and a question that was brought
> up was snowbanks.  One lady is having trouble with her dog not wanting to go
> over snowbanks, the hard bump/mound of snow after the snowplow goes by,
> leaving it on/next to curbs.  She said he thinks of it as an obstacle, and
> tries to go around them instead of going over.  She said more often than
> not, he tries to take her around, therefore ending up out in the road
> somewhere other than the crosswalk, and then doesn't go across in a straight
> line to the other side of the road.
> 
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks, Janell and Miss Rosy
> 
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