[nagdu] problems with new dog

Cheryl Osborn chapalacheryl at gmail.com
Mon Apr 19 23:35:17 UTC 2010


Yes, I have, and she doesn't jump on those people any more.

On 4/19/10, Susan Jones <sblanjones11 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Cheryl,
> This is what I would do, and what I have heard trainers suggest.
>
> 1.  Until you can get her behavior under control, back off of the freedom.
> Keep her with you on leash as much as possible, and crate her or put her on
> tie-down when you need to be doing other things.
> That way, you can catch her when she starts getting into something, and
> avoid trouble.
> Give her a treat when she respons to your NO! and pays attention to you.
>
> 2.  Get a couple of friends to help you, who are not shy about giving knee
> to chest.
> Have them approach her and when she starts to jump, nip it in the bud.
>
> Work with her until she can greet an approaching person with all four feet
> on the ground, and calmly.
>
> I sort of liken this to how you would teach your dog not to drink out of the
> toilet by slamming the lid down in his presence.  Then it doesn't look like
> it would be so attractive any longer.
>
> I hope these ideas help, and do, please, keep in touch with Seeing Eye; they
> may have other suggestions.
> Some of our clicker trainer friends, I'm sure, will be able to suggest
> positive ways to reinforce good manners.
>
> Regards,
> Susan & Rhoda
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Cheryl Osborn
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 12:26 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] problems with new dog
>
> Hi everyone
>
> Sorry, but this is going to be a long message.
>
> A little background first.  I received my new dog, Inga, this last December
> and though she works well in harness, I have been having several behavioral
> problems with her when she is out of harness.  She is very puppy-like and
> gets into everything.  She loves to chew up anything.  She is my third dog
> from Seeing Eye.  Of course, I expect her to behave as well as my last dog.
> <grin>
>
> The Seeing Eye sent a trainer down to work with us about 2 months ago.
>  He brought me a pinch collar so that I could have a little better control
> of Inga.  I had explained to him and the Seeing Eye that most of the
> problems I was having were in our home.  Since I have mobility issues, the
> pinch collar helped to keep Inga from dragging me around and suddenly
> darting away when I was trying to park her.  There were several times that
> she jerked so hard that I landed on my face.  The collar also helps in that
> I am unable to give a strong physical correction.  There are many times when
> I wonder if the puppy raiser just allowed Inga to do whatever she wanted,
> because her behavior is so bad.  By the way, when not working, she does get
> plenty of exercise playing with our Great Pyrinese.
>
> My main concern now is that I cannot keep Inga from jumping on people when
> she is not in harness.  When someone comes to visit, especially if they are
> shy of dogs, Inga is surely going to jump on them.  This is bad behaviour,
> of course, but especially bad when some of our friends are afraid of dogs.
> I correct Inga, when I can, but it always seems to happen before I can get
> to her.  You see, we have a very large yard, so when people come through the
> gate, I am not there to do anything about it.  I have told everyone to give
> her a knee in the chest whenever she jumps on them, but those who are shy
> won't do this.
>
>
>
> Cheryl in Mexico
> chapalacheryl at gmail.com
>
> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>
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