[nagdu] GDB time-out

[Howard J. Levine]

How would time out work in busy city like New York on a busy side walk. This
may work in theory on class but but would not work in rush hour on a busy
side walk you would be run over. Time out is not going to work in a city
like New York, guide dog nust be able to handle the real world and you need
to move on you just can't stop any old place and say I need a time out for
my guide dog the public is not going to under stand and you night get hurt.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 12:12 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] GDB time-out

Hi Sherry.
I think you and I are coming from the same place--longtime dog users, a bit
skeptical of these newfangled ideas, but willing to give them a try.
I think I'll try this time-out thing on my way home today.  I may get ten
people asking me if I'm OK while I stop and become a tree, but I'll be
interested to see how it goes.
Thanks for sharing.
Tracy
> Hi Tracy,
>
> We also use the time out if the dog gets distracted in the field. To 
> my surprise, it really works. I was quite skeptical of the concept 
> till I tried it. All my dogs have been pretty easy to manage, and I've 
> tried the verbal correcting thing with her, just a simple, no hop up. 
> but the time out works better. and pretty much every time, after the 
> ten seconds are done and I pick up the harness and say forward, off we 
> go. Once the dog moves past whatever distracted it, we generally halt 
> and praise and feed, or in the case of my dog, praise and love up.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy 
> Carcione
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 6:08 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] GDB time-out
>
> I've been reading Sherry's GDB training journal with great interest.  
> She mentions something I never heard of before that they call a 
> time-out.  If I understand correctly, when the dog, for instance, is 
> not heeling properly, the person stops, holds the leash near the 
> collar to keep the dog out of mischief, and stonily ignores the dog 
> for 10 seconds.  This bums the dog out, and he resolves to do better.  
> Have I got it right?  Is it used in other places, besides heeling?  
> Have people found that it works?
> I'm thinking I might give it a try, when Ben is feeling sniffy.  He 
> likes to keep boogying down the road; stopping and doing nothing might 
> be an effective correction. Ben couldn't care less if I ignore him, 
> but I could see how it might affect a softer dog.
> Tracy
>
>
>
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