[nagdu] Fw: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
The Pawpower Pack
pawpower4me at gmail.com
Sun Dec 27 15:45:05 UTC 2009
Albert,
most dogs who alert to a medical condition such as diabetes are doing
it out of instinct. Some dogs choose their alert by engaging in some
very inappropriate behaviors for public access such as barking or
jumping up on the person. The alert itself needs to be accompanied by
a *trained* task.
Here is my question. If I had an alert dog who's default alert was
barking, and if I retrained this alert so that the dog nudges my arm
when I'm about to experience a medical event, would that then be a
train task? I would say yes. However if I did not retrain that alert
and just let my dog bark, it wouldn't be doing a trained task.
Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
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