Really don’t know what to do (about lunging on lead) - BUT I DO NOW!!

[Atemas]

Best ever use of A to B last evening. There are lots of stone walls fronting properties in my village. Passing one next to the entrance way to a house, a very snobby woman with her dog suddenly appeared from her driveway. Too late to actually turn Red around and she started to lunge. I very quickly moved my hand down the lead, bought my right hand with treats in it over Red’s nose and we moved on by them, Red fixed just on my hand. It happened very quickly but was just brilliant. Stopped Red’s arousal instantly and we just carried on walking.

This woman is not friendly, she thinks she is superior to everyone else and actually looks down her nose (I won’t tell you what DH and I call her ?). I really didn’t want her having the satisfaction of my dog lunging at her ‘perfect’ dog ???.

 

[snowbunny]

That's brilliant! That actually has another name and is the "treat magnet". It's very useful for getting them past difficult situations. Do you play Magic Hand with Red? That's something else I find powerful - at the moment, I'm using it with Luna to get her past the fig trees which are full of lovely ripe fruit she would love to snaffle. If I don't have the time or everything aligned for it to be suitable for "proper" training, Magic Hand is great as a management tool.

It's so good when you get to stick two metaphorical fingers up at one of "those people".

I won’t tell you what DH and I call her ?

Well, you can't not now! Go ooooonnnn!!

 

[Atemas]

It's so good when you get to stick two metaphorical fingers up at one of "those people".

Yes it certainly is. There are a lot of lovely people in this village but there are a few that for some reason (they have piles of money) think they are ‘above’ everyone else.

Well, you can't not now! Go ooooonnnn!!

?. We call her ‘Nose Gay’. She is a florist (a very good one, I have to say - imagine very posh weddings ?). We have a sewerage pumping station in one of the most beautiful lanes in the UK and every now and again it smells horribly. She was heard to make a high hand comment about how the smell was disgusting - DH turned to me and said ‘She who smelt it, dealt it’. I absolutely cracked up ?. He then said she should put one of her bunch of flowers over her nose, hence her nickname. Aren’t we awful ???

 

[Atemas]

I have done Magic `hand with Red but not for a long time - she wasn’t very good at catching. Definitely worth revisiting.

 

[snowbunny]

she wasn’t very good at catching

It makes me laugh how different they all are! It does gets better with practice, but it seems some dogs are just better at catching than others. Shadow is awful!

 

[Beanwood]

Yes it certainly is. There are a lot of lovely people in this village but there are a few that for some reason (they have piles of money) think they are ‘above’ everyone else.



?. We call her ‘Nose Gay’. She is a florist (a very good one, I have to say - imagine very posh weddings ?). We have a sewerage pumping station in one of the most beautiful lanes in the UK and every now and again it smells horribly. She was heard to make a high hand comment about how the smell was disgusting - DH turned to me and said ‘She who smelt it, dealt it’. I absolutely cracked up ?. He then said she should put one of her bunch of flowers over her nose, hence her nickname. Aren’t we awful ???

Oh that mad me laugh aloud!

 

[snowbunny]

Aren’t we awful ???

I think it's brilliant! I was expecting something a little less high-brow - I had to look up what a "nosegay" was!

 

[Selina27]

It makes me laugh how different they all are!

It is amazing isn't it? Cassie absolutely loves catching, it's a real motivator for her!

 

[snowbunny]

I was just wondering how Red is getting on now?