[nagdu] question

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Ann,

Yeah, training good house manners is a real pain at first, especially when
you start when the dog is older.  I've heard a few tales of dogs coming home
from guide dog school without really set house manners, although they're
often young enough that they could just be choosing to break the rules they
were taught.  If you don't have the time or practice to put into training
them or even just reinforcing their existing training, I can see how that
would be a nightmare!

I'm remembering that Mitzi was a real trial when we would go visit our
neighbors two doors down, because the apartment was identical to ours, just
with different furniture.  The neighbor and her daughter were pretty much
"pack mates" as far as Mitzi was concerned, so she would just make herself
at home and check out the kitchen garbage and....  I had to keep her on
leash quite a bit of the time, then I would let her off to play with the
daughter, then I would round her up and get her back on leash and do
obedience, then...  About the time she settled down enough to use her "guest
manners" there, they got a kitten, who declared Mitzi Public Enemy Number
One on first sight and insisted that she be banished.  /grin/

I needed to teach Mitzi guest manners anyway, and my friends' homes became
our training grounds for that, but I was very glad when I could finally go
over and just visit with my civilized dog in place of the heinous beast I
had to watch all the time!

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Ann Chiappetta
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 4:48 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] question

Hi;
I don't allow my dogs in my kitchen and if they do come in, I say, "out", 
then praise them for doing it. My guide does not surf but my pet dog does, 
and  we do our best to not leave temptations out there for her. I do crate 
her if I catch her, however and over the years she's gotten much better. But

it takes constant vigilance. She never does it in front of us, so it's hard 
to catch her at it.

Not sure of how to correct if the dog does it in front of you or how to 
counter-train, but  I do remember a friend telling me they had a Boxer who 
had to be corrected by a leash correction  and a sit command. The dog had to

wear a short leash while free in the house while being watched and if he 
made any attempt to get to the food, the owner had to grab the leash, 
correct and sit the dog, then praise.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa" <lison1273 at live.com>
To: "seeing eye-l" <seeingeye-l at list.web.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:43 PM
Subject: [nagdu] question


> Do any of you allow your dogs in the kitchen?  This question is especially

> for the people that have labs, goldens and lab/ golden crosses.  And if 
> so, how do you make sure that they are not counter surfing (looking for 
> food on the counters)?  If you hear them hop down from surfing what do you

> do?  Most important of all how do you break them of this habit??? HELP!!! 
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you in advance.
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