[nagdu] Guide Dog Obedience

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Michelle.
I'd be prepared to work on it, or even set him up so I could work on it. 
Make him sit and stay, then start to do whatever it is that makes him
break.  If he breaks, tell him No and make him sit and stay again. 
Hopefully he'll get the idea.
I wouldn't worry too much about it, though.  My dogs have been great with
obedience exercises and so-so off-leash.  It hasn't affected their work or
their general good behavior.  But, if I weren't a lazy so-and-so, I could
improve my Ben's off-leash performance, probably.  Although he's part cat,
so possibly not.
Good luck, and don't sweat the small stuff, as they say.
Tracy

> Hi,
>
> I've got a question. I'm a first-time guide dog user, and have had my
> current guide dog for just over two years. He's good with his obedience
> commands most of the time, but when it comes to telling him to sit and
> stay when I'm checking how much water he has in his container, or if
> someone else has to go into the laundry for a few minutes for any reason
> and Troy is thirsty, I, or the other person, will tell him to sit and
> stay, but then his compulsion to drink right now causes his obedience to
> go out the window. What do I do about this, so then he won't generalise
> this breaking of commands to other parts of his working and social life?
>
> Advice much appreciated,
>
> Michelle
>
> P.S. Even though Troy gets enough water to drink each day and has access
> to it every day, when he wants water, he is so impatient that he can't
> seem to sit and stay for as lo g as we need him to when it comes to
> checking his water container or going into the laundry for other reasons
> before letting him go for a drink. He breaks his stay before I or others
> leave the laundry.
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