[nagdu] Guide Dog Obedience

Sat Feb 6 14:35:54 UTC 2010

Michele,
Do you keep your dog's water container where he can't get to it regularly?
I always leave a bowl of water down for Rhoda.
When I go to my mom's, the place where I have to feed her is closed off from
the rest of the house much of the time, and she will not go there to drink
when thirsty.
So, I started keeping a small bowl of water for her in the bathroom I use.
That way, she's not shy about going to drink, and I can be sure she will get
what she needs.
I personally would not make water an obedience issue, though while you are
refilling her bowl, she must sit and stay, and not get in your way.
JMHO,
Susan

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Of Michelle
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 5:09 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Obedience

The vet has found Troy to be in perfect health since last year when I took
him a few times. A few days ago I took him to the vet just to get a
measuring cup for his shampoo and they say he looks very well.

To clear up anything that I may have not explained properly, I don't mean
that I put washing in the laundry before letting Troy drink and stuff like
that. If I know Troy needs a drink and the door is closed because of air
conditioning and I open the door to go and check his water dish before
letting him to drink, or if someone has to quickly go into the laundry and
then walk out, we expect a sit stay for about a minute and then let Troy go
in for a drink, otherwise there's not enough room for the dog and us.

I'll encourage him to drink a lot more water during the day, although he
does get very strong-willed about not drinking until later on... Troy is a
funny dog! He waits until he's very thirsty before he drinks.

Hope this clears anything up for you all,

Michelle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 4:29 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Obedience

> Hi Michelle,
> I'd make Troy wait til the cows came home for the water if he breaks the 
> Sit
> command.  In other words, water NEVER appears until he learns to stay.
> Maybe don't keep the water down so then you always know how much water is 
> in
> the dish before it is put down. Make him sit and stay before you put it
> down.  If he breaks, remove it immediately - before he gets to it. He has 
> to
> know that he must wait for your OK before going for the water.  This can 
> be
> a safety issue as he coould cause the bowl to be upset and water spilled 
> all
> over the place.  Some dogs have tried to knock the bowl out of the 
> person's
> hand.
>
> Have you had him check for any conditions that would make him very 
> thirsty?
> I have found that it is wise to find out if there is a medical problem
> before correcting some behaviors.
>
> HTH!
>
> BTW, welcome and hope you join us in our lively discussions.  I'm Lyn and
> I'm working with my eighth dog, Landon. He's a four-year-old red 
> Lab/Golden
> cross from The Seeing Eye.
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michelle" <m-johnson at bigpond.com>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 1:48 AM
> 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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