[drivingpairs] Re: ground driving
- From: Robyn Cuffey <robyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:26:17 -0400
I use a kid's plastic sled. Just drag it while I longline. It makes a
great scraping noise. I use to get my friend to bring her daughter over
with her "hot wheel" and ride around until we got no more reactions to
the noise. I could have her ride behind us like a cart.
Robyn in Maine
On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 04:08 PM, Black Dog Hill wrote:
> 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
>
> --------------
> 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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