[nagdu] Clicker training, hot weather

[Lora and Myrtle]

I've used a clicker for my dog to show her to slow down on stairs. For this
I would take a step down a stair and when she stopped i'd click and give
food reward continue down another stair click and treat. It depends on the
behavior on when you click. I have also used it with going around obstacles
(my guide takes obstacles really close) so I was training her to go around
obstacles widely. I would tell her left left tap my leg and click reward.
After a few times I would phase out the left left command and click when she
went wider around obstacles.

As far as the heat I would get booties for your dog. I found a pair but they
ended up being too big and kept twisting around. Alot of dog guide users use
rough wear. They are a little pricy though.

If you want to you can email me off list about clicker and I can help you.
blindhistory at gmail.com

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:41 AM, Dan Weiner <dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net> wrote:

> Hi guys.
>
> Dan Weiner with His Royal Goofiness, Carter Dog, and retired Evan here.
>
> I hope everyone is doing well.
> I've heard people mention clicker training a lot lately and even read that
> some guide dog schools are using it.
> I'm curious if anyone has experience with using clicker training with their
> guide dogs and how it works.
> This is just a question out of sheer curiosity.
>
> On another subject, we've been talking about cold weather but I'm
> wondering,
> Marion and all, what you do with the hot humid weather we have, for
> example,
> here in Florida.
> Carter loves the cool and even cold weather when we've been in it but is
> very sensitive to the heat.
> My policy generally with my dogs has been if it's too hot for me, which it
> is for several months a year here in Florida--grin--then it's too hot for
> him.
> This makes life very inconvenient from March to October--grin.
> So, I find myself scheduling everything so I'm not walking long distances
> in
> the heat of midday.
> The Florida winter, such as it is, is my favorite time of year since I've
> been using a dog--grin--low these last fifteen years as I do any type of
> outdoor activity any time of day and my dogs and I aren't bunt to a
> crisp--grin.
>
> Honestly, when I lived in Ohio for college, the winter didn't bother Evan,
> my active guide at the time.  The only thing I avoided was sitting outside
> for long stretches when it was getting down below 10 as it seemed that both
> dog and human would start getting cold due to sitting and not moving--grin
>
> Anyway, thoughts on both the clicker and the heat would be welcome.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Dan W. and the wild hounds
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Angie Matney
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 5:54 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Clicker training
>
> Hey Sarah,
>
> I can empathize. Yani is on a hypoallergenic food. It might be possible to
> get it in some places, but it's certainly not as widely available as Iams
> or
> something else.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Angie
>
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:56:22 -0600, sarah baebler wrote:
>
>
> >Thanks everyone for you advice.  I did check the website and had no
> >luck.  Called them and was given a seperate number where I left a
> >message (might be getting the run around).  I used to buy food when I
> >traveled before but for the last half
> year Dante is on a prescription diet because he also is allergic to dog
> food, yeah I have a special boy.  I don't mind paying to check but I was
> curious to see if anyone had any ideas or knowledge.
> >Thank you again,
> >Sarah and Dante
>
>
>
>
>
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Lora and Leader Dog Myrtle