[nagdu] Preventing escapes

[Julie J]

Jordon wrote:

My dog doesn't bolt ut the doors, but she has a greeting problem.  I'm
not sure if this is off topic, but I need some suggestions (smile).
Viola has to greet every person that walks in the door.  she does not do
this calmly or gracefully; she insists on jumping on people and acting
completely obnoxiously.  She doesn't jump if I have her on leash, so
unless I'm standing over I can correct her in time for it to count.  She
will run from any room in the house to jump the people at the door.  I
don't mind her greeting people if she could just wait to get in the door
and stay on all four paws.
Jordan and Viola "to Friendly for anyone to handle"

It's not off topic at all!  I will admit that my current guide in training 
is also guilty of this.  He is improving, but it is still a work in 
progress. What I have done is to put him in his crate when someone comes to 
the door.  He is very good about going in his kennel on command.  All I 
really need to do is shut the door.  Then I let the person in.  If it is 
appropriate I will let Monty out of his crate and keep him on leash.  I only 
take him as far as he can handle.  If he begins to get very excited we stay 
put or back up until he regains composure.  I might also have him sit, down 
or hand target to help him stay calm and remember his manners.  I keep doing 
this until we are in the same room with the guest.  If he is calm and I 
trust the guest not to get him wound back up I will let him off leash.  He 
is then allowed to greet calmly.  I might also let him greet still on leash 
if I think either Monty or the guest might get too exuberant.

This method has shown the best results in the shortest amount of time for 
me.  There are certainly other ways of dealing with overenthusiastic 
greeting behavior.  Personally I haven't found corrections to be very 
effective.

HTH
Julie






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jordan F. Ortiz" <Ortizj32 at students.rowan.edu>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 12:49 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Preventing escapes


> Linda Gwizdak wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I also live in an apartment building where my apartment door opens into a 
>> hallway. If people are coming in and out of my apartment, I put Landon 
>> either in his crate and zip its door shut or put him on a tie down.
>>
>> One of my friends had trouble with her dog bolting outside her mobile 
>> home to run around the mobile home park. She just couldn't break the dog 
>> from this habit.  Well, an instructor from her guide dog school finally 
>> broke the dog of the habit of bolting.
>>
>> My friend has a washing machine right next to her back dooor - the one 
>> the dog would bolt out of.  The instructor tied a long nylon line to the 
>> heavy washing machine and clipped the other end on the dog's collar. 
>> There was enough line for the dog to clear the steps. The door was opened 
>> and the dog bolted out... to administer to itself a HUGE leash 
>> correction!  A couple of this treatment later, the dog no longer bolts 
>> out the door.  So, that dog has lived to actually retire this summer.
>>
>> Most of my dogs would go out my door to greet a friend and prompty come 
>> back in like he was escorting my friend inside. I don't let him do this 
>> much because I don't want door bolting to become a part of his behavior. 
>> Landon likes to hang around with me.
>>
>> Linda and Landon
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenine Stanley" <jeninems at wowway.com>
>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 5:21 PM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Preventing escapes
>>
>>
>>> The unfortunate situation in Indianapolis got me thinking and so I'll 
>>> ask
>>> folks here this question.
>>>
>>> What steps do you take to prevent your dog from escaping out an open 
>>> door?
>>>
>>> If the dog has gotten out, what did you do to get him/her back?
>>>
>>> I really do try to enforce the policy that the dog only goes through a 
>>> door
>>> outside when I give it the command to do so, in or out of harness. If a 
>>> dog
>>> starts barging through doorways, even ones inside buildings, I'll go 
>>> back to
>>> the class method and have the dog sit once it's stopped for the doorway, 
>>> or
>>> bring it back to heel and then sit.
>>>
>>> This doesn't always make the dog door-proof, but it does help.
>>>
>>> After shutting one of my dogs outside because I'd removed his leash and
>>> harness on the porch while I opened the door, and obviously didn't give 
>>> him
>>> enough time to get in, I keep them leashed until they get inside.
>>>
>>> Of course, most instructors will tell you that daily obedience is 
>>> critical
>>> for just these situations. Do we do it though? No comment. <grin>
>>>
>>> Jenine Stanley
>>> jeninems at wowway.com
>>>
>>>
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> My dog doesn't bolt ut the doors, but she has a greeting problem.  I'm not 
> sure if this is off topic, but I need some suggestions (smile).  Viola has 
> to greet every person that walks in the door.  she does not do this calmly 
> or gracefully; she insists on jumping on people and acting completely 
> obnoxiously.  She doesn't jump if I have her on leash, so unless I'm 
> standing over I can correct her in time for it to count.  She will run 
> from any room in the house to jump the people at the door.  I don't mind 
> her greeting people if she could just wait to get in the door and stay on 
> all four paws.
> Jordan and Viola "to Friendly for anyone to handle"
>
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