[nagdu] Guide Dog Obedience

Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC Inc) REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com
Fri Feb 5 14:01:06 UTC 2010


Increase his water intake? Seriously, being too thirsty is a biological
thing and he won't let himself get too thirsty. I'd offer more water
during the day. 

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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Michelle
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:48 AM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nagdu] Guide Dog Obedience

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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