[drivingpairs] Re: ground driving
- From: "Black Dog Hill" <koenenb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:08:44 -0600
If you wait until things are getting out of control and then release the
tins, he's learning that if he *completely* freaks out the scary thing goes
away. You should *never* release the pressure (in this case the noise of
the tin cans) at ANY time during misbehaviour. Wait for some good behaviour
(even a second of it) before releasing the pressure.
The cans are a great idea but something that I would do while walking Dan on
halter. Then harness up and ground drive with the tin cans before heading
out of the corral. That way if he does spook I can maintain some control
until he settles down....then stop the noise. Once out of the corral I
would ground drive Dan and have someone else start dragging the cans waaaay
behind us. Watching Dan's body language I can slowly have the other person
move closer and closer as Dan becomes accustomed to the noise. If I think
he's starting to get nervous about it I can have the helper drop back with
the noise to soften it, but still have them keep doing it rather than stop
completely. Once Dan's ok with it we can stop and give him a break or move
it up again depending on how I think he's mentally handling the situation.
Cindy
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From: "Patti Atkinson" <patti.atkinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [drivingpairs] Re: ground driving
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:46:12 +0100
I get your point. But I think the idea was that if things started to 'get a
bit out of control' rather than at the first spook!
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