[nagdu] Clicker training, hot weather

Tue Jan 20 13:34:47 UTC 2009

Hello Dan,

I think your assessment of what to do in hot weather is well thought out.

I live in Texas, where it is also unbearably hot for much of the year, and 
my retired guide, a Golden retriever got to the point where he refused to 
work in hot weather.
The key is taking short trips at cool parts of the day.  I work in downtown 
Fort worth, and the pavement is unbearably hot, thus I have booties for 
Gabe. The sun also reflects off of the buildings which makes things worse!
As for clicker training, I had some exposure to it from one of our field 
instructors after I returned from the Seeing Eye in September with my second 
dog.
I think it is a fabulous method, and I feel it is a more positive way to 
train our dogs on specific tasks, such as finding a particular bus stop pole 
or trash can.
When I was in my retrain class, our dogs were exposed to clicker training, 
but it is not yet incorporated in to our training while in class.

I don't know about other schools.
I highly reccomend the clicker trainig.

Liz and Gabe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Weiner" <dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Clicker training, hot weather

> 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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