[Oagdu] An update on My pokey little puppy

[Marianne Denning]

Come walk with EEmma and me. He will either speed up or get left in the
dust.

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 9:18 AM, Deanna Lewis via OAGDU <oagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I hope that you all are well and things are going good for you and your
> pups!
>
> A few months ago, I wrote about Mambo’s pace (again)… Well, GDB said that
> they would have a trainer in my area in early May, so I’ve had to wait a
> while, but my follow-up visit is tomorrow, yay!
>
> Ananda Twitty from the San Rafael campus is coming tomorrow afternoon to
> work with us. In the meantime, I was trying some new tricks and tips from
> other handlers that I’ve received trying to get Mambo to pick up the pace.
> I haven’t had much luck. It seems like the clicker works best, clicking
> when he is walking at a good pace. But, it’s rare that he ever walks at a
> pace that is suitable. I just get so frustrated, but I try hard to keep my
> cool around him.
>
> Well, we recently started riding the bus home from work, that way we can
> get a good walk in while the weather is nice. Although it is supposed to
> storm tomorrow, so I hope we can dodge it during our work with Ananda, LOL.
> On Monday, his pace was pretty good when we first started out, but didn’t
> last long. It’s so weird because it’s unpredictable and sometimes in the
> same area he walks at a good pace, but other times he doesn’t. I hope that
> makes sense. I try to vary the routes to keep him from getting bored, but
> he seems to be set in his ways and always wants to turn a certain way, and
> if we don’t go that way, he slows down and “pouts”. It’s like he doesn’t
> trust me when I want to vary it up and turn a different way, instead of the
> usual route. Again, I hope this makes sense, /smiles/.
>
> Yesterday, we missed our bus because he was just poking along. I even
> tried to bribe him, saying, “If you walk fast to get to the bus stop, I
> will give you a jackpot.” But, alas, it didn’t work…
>
> I’m hoping that tomorrow he demonstrates some of his worst pokiness in
> front of the trainer. I’ll keep y’all posted on how things go.
>
> Deanna and the pokey little puppy
>
>
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053
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