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- From: dan@msen.com (Dan Sugalski)
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- Subject: Re: Prong collar?
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 22:31:04 GMT
- Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- gbelli@opal.tufts.edu wrote:
- : I read a post (from whom, I forget--sorry) about a pulling dog. I have
- : trouble with the opposite--a lagging dog--ie "Oh boy! This is interesting!
- : I think I'll sniff it and sniff it and maybe pull my owner out into the
- : street, while I'm at it" Anyway, the point of all this is that an item called
- : a prong collar has been mentioned. What is this ominously-named thing?
- : A choke collar has less than no effect on Spenser--would a prong collar
- : be appropriate? Thanks so much.
-
- : Gret & Spense (no thanks from him)
-
- You'd be better off getting Spenser more excited about his heeling. The
- problem with using a collar correction on a lagger is that it is often
- misunderstood by the dog. Also, a dog who sniffs at everything isn't
- lagging, he's not paying attention to you. To correct that I'd teach him
- to "leave it." A prong collar might help to take his attention off the
- ground and onto you, but I'd start at home with leave it and work on the
- basics of heeling again. Random is super food motivated, but through
- steady work, is beginning to leave things alone when she's told to. Gaia
- tends to lag a bit while she heels, so she gets lots of praise when she heels
- properly, but very few if any corrections. Until she's not lagging, I
- won't correct her for forging. Instead, if Gaia starts to forge, we stop
- or turn and she corrects herself by being in the wrong place.
-
- Karen
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