[nagdu] ranting

[Linda Gwizdak]

Hi Lora,
Hope you can resolve things with your dog.  Does your dog only do this when 
he is under a desk or table? It sounds like a fear issue to me.  Everyone is 
right in that this issue MUST be resolved ASAP.

When I got a dog at Eye Dog long time ago, there was a woman in my class who 
got a large male Shepherd.  The dog was fine in class but wasn't after she 
returned home.  The dog began displaying aggressive behavior towards people. 
Then the dog bit the lady's doctor. She then returned the dog to the school. 
While an instructor was evaluating the dog in the downtown area, a woman 
walked up to pet the dog and the dog snapped at her.  The dog did not go out 
as a guide - I don't know what then happened with that dog. I also was 
matched with a dog and by the fourth day of training, the dog attacked 
another student's dog without any provocation. It happened in front of a 
trainer and he had me give a hard correction.  It happened again and I told 
them that I couldn't go home with a dog with this problem as I associate 
with other guide dog users all the time.  I then switched dogs and continued 
my training with the neew match.  I later found out that the first dog had 
this problem - she attacked a dog in the van when she was being picked up 
from her puppy home.  The trainers thought they licked the problem. Well 
no - she was then dropped from the program and placed in a pet home where 
she was the only dog.

Aggression is nothing to play around with -it is dead serious and could lead 
to you being on the receiving end of a lawsuit.

You probably did nothing wrong. Sometimes things come up with a dog that 
nobody notices while the dog is either in its puppy home or at the school in 
training.  These things are sometimes unexpected and will show up later on 
after the team is home.

I'm sure that Leader as well as other schools would not send out a dogg that 
is known to have aggression problems. All the schools want to be responsible 
and have the team suceed.

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 6:11 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] ranting


> Lora,
>
> I'm sorry to hear about your difficulties.  You really haven't had an easy 
> time of things.
>
> No, I don't think this is normal first year behavior.  What you are 
> describing is pretty serious aggression.  If you think there's any chance 
> that he would bite if given the opportunity please, please stop working 
> him, get a trainer from the school or a behaviorist that specializes in 
> aggression to help you ASAP.
>
> I'm sorry you are going through this.  Hugs,
> Julie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lora" <blindhistory at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 8:17 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] ranting
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>
>> It has been a hard couple of days. Trice my dog guide lounged 2-3 feet 
>> and
>> showed his teeth while barking and growling. He did this to a person who
>> said hi to me in my office at work. His barking behavior is getting 
>> worse. I
>> think the only reason he didn't attack the person was because he ran into
>> the desk (he was laying under the desk when this happened) I've tried
>> correcting him I've tried telling him the situation was ok and walking up 
>> to
>> whatever he is scared of.
>>
>> What problems have people had in their first year? Is this normal break 
>> in
>> stuff?
>>
>> -- 
>> Lora and Trice
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