[nagdu] Preventing escapes

Wed May 27 18:07:44 UTC 2009

Good point, and very true!  Stay calm and use strategic bribery, followed by
ridiculous amounts of praise and reward!

Our coonhound Daisy scares us to death on those rare occasions when she gets
through the gate and makes a break for freedom.  When the guys had her, they
would chase after her when she got loose, yelling aggressively and waving
their arms, so she would keep running away from them at top speed and end up
heading out towards the road.  Way to go, guys!  The poor dog had already
been thoroughly mangled once by traffic and patched back together minus a
front leg.  Also, her breed is meant to run for long distances, tree
something, then wait for the humans to catch up and shoot the thing in the
tree.  She plays "fetch" that way, too.  /lol/  Barking loudly, so I can
follow the sound on my way to shoot the ball.  Even if we're indoors and the
ball is five feet away from me.  Yikes!

Anyway, Daisy's dad has worked with her so that she will "stay" when it's
time for him to catch up with her and put on the leash, and she's gotten
pretty reliable at that, especially for him.  Also, she doesn't get so
excited and anxious and aggressive when she gets out now that she goes nuts.
Whew!  Still.  If he's not around and she gets out, I have a major coronary
these days, but she seems to go on peaceful sniffs and is quite happy when
Mitzi and I catch up (Mitzi knows "find Daisy," of course).  The next door
neighbors, especially the girls, will walk along with me calling her, too,
since they can spot her at a distance.  Last time, she let one of them go up
to her and take her by the collar and lead her back to me.  Daisy didn't
even get excited enough to try to get herself in trouble.

When Mitzi makes an unauthorized escape, she goes over to the next door
neighbors' to gather up their pug and bring it home to play.  Too funny.
She's finally to the point where she will come back when I call her.  Daisy
actually slipped past Wayne out the front door a couple of times the other
day, since we seemed to be playing Grand Central Station.  Not only did she
not try to eat the visitor, but she just came back in when he called.

There is no way we will ever let Daisy be an off-leash dog except in tightly
controlled circumstances where she is safely fenced in and where there are
no other dogs.  But I'm glad she's mellowed out enough that we can contain
her when she does make a great escape, since she does seem to have a talent
for it.

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Zena Atchison
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 11:55 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Preventing escapes

my gide dog went out the open gate three times in the nine years i had him
i went back in the house and got a dog bone and stood by the open gate   and

whistled and called him i was squatted down with my palm showing the bisquit
he went about three blocks as fast as he could go the one time and came back

and got the bisquit and came in the yard and layed down tucckered out
one time he chased the neighbors cat around the house two times and came 
back to the bisquit
the third time he ran a short distance and returned by the time i was back 
with the bone
i never scolded are yelled at him i just said good boy for coming back i was

so scared especially the first time
but one of the dog magazines said the dog would always come back better if 
you let them know how glad they were there

----- 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 7:21 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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