[nagdu] Choking!

[Larry D. Keeler]

If I'm not mistaken, you treat puppies sort of like you would babies. I 
think it involves putting the puppy on your forearm and gently pressing its 
abdomen. I could be wrong though. I'll have to research it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Choking!


>I was reading the GDB puppy raising manual. It's available publically at 
>their website.  There's a section in there about choking.  Sorry, I can't 
>remember exactly what they recommended, but it would be easy to look it up, 
>if someone were so inclined.
>
> Honestly it's been a fascinating read so far.  I'm not a fan of correction 
> based training, but I'm learning a lot.  There are things I hadn't really 
> considered before.  I especially like that the why of each rule is 
> explained.  For example they don't allow fetch games and they go on to 
> explain that it teaches the dogs to chase, which could interfere with 
> later guide work.  I don't happen to agree, but I really appreciate that 
> they relate everything back to the final goal of working as a successful 
> guide.
>
> Julie
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