Guide Dogs Need For A Harness

The other day a friend was telling me how he saw this dog who was assisting a blind lady. The guide dog got distracted and those around him wanted to play with him, but the owner pulled his leash abruptly. He thought that was rude and abusive. I explained to him that dogs who assist the blind should not be distracted. The guide dogs that assist the blind are trained with a dog harness and leash. Several people are involved in the training of the blind dog guides. Their training is vigorous and detailed. The dog must be aware of his destination and how to get there without any incident for his owner.

Blind people have to have total faith in their dogs. They do love their dogs, and exercise them and feed them. But they are not play dogs. From the time they are young they are chosen for this great job based on the character of the dog. The blind person goes where the dog leads. He makes sure that she does not bump into anything while they are walking outdoors. It is imperative that the dog is not distracted while crossing the road with his owner. Cars should give them the right of way and not honk or yell at them. If the dog gets distracted the owner will get confused and there may be an accident.

The way the owner holds on to the dog leash is important. The owner gently pulls on the leash that tugs on the harness and holds him back. I explained to my friend that she was not being mean to the dog but rather corrective. He still thinks it was mean. Because there are people out there who think they can touch and play with a blind dog guide, we must educate the public that this is very serious and could jeopardize the life of the blind owner.

As those of us blessed with sight come across a blind person with a guide dog we must respect their delicate relationship. If you want to help the blind person, you may gently lead her on the other side of the dog. The blind dog guide must always be vigilant of his surroundings. The only way this could happen is if the dog is in his harness and the blind owner has a good grip on the leash.

Evangeline Samuel PhD. is a retired nurse who enjoys her daughters dog, Kates company, and loves dressing her up in designer clothes, dog leads and harnesses and have her sleep on designer dog beds.

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Dog Obedience Training Techniques

Training dog can be quiet hard especially on obedience topic so it is very important that you must know the right and effective techniques to be able to remove your dog bad behaviours. Training can be done anywhere for example at home, backyard or with specialist private trainer etc.

If you have chosen to train your dog by yourself then you must have the following characteristics such as patience, temper control, truly understanding of your dog behavior etc. because at the beginning your they wont listen to you easily and it requires a lot of time and hard work to get them on the right track.

Here are a few dog obedience training techniques.

Be happy during the training

Dog are very sensitive and they can know your feeling when you are having stress or in a bad mood so be sure to clear all your problems before you begin the lesson.

Your dog is ready (not tired)

Dog that are in tired state can be slow, lethargic and easily distracted by surrounding activities so they cannot absorb much on what you are trying to teach. This reaction also cause the trainer to become frustrated and again dog are very sensitive and they can pick up your feeling really quick so it is just a waste of time to train them when they are in tired state.

Your dog is hungry

This is very important if you are in the training lesson with treat because they will be more likely to listen to you if you give them food when they response to your treat.

Do not use force when training your dog for example if you want to teach him to lie down on the floor then do not force your him down by pushing the top of his shoulder or hind end.

These are effective dog obedience training techniques that expert used in their course.

1) Teaching difficult command from easy to hard.

2) Duration of time that your dog response before giving them food.

3) Choose low distraction area.

4) Distance between trainer and dog.

5) Use the same command at different location.

6) Change the surface environment for example grass, cement, sand, dirt etc.

7) Given command at different contexts and situations.

8) Different training times morning, noon and evening.

9) different voice volume and tone level.

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