[nagdu] Guide Dog Obedience

Sun Feb 7 05:15:31 UTC 2010

Hi,

Troy can access it regularly, except for occasionally when we close the door 
while our house is air-conditioned, otherwise yes he does have access to 
water.

Thanks for the advice there, I'll make sure all people who help me with 
Troy's water dish put him in a sit stay.

Michelle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Jones" <sblanjones11 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Obedience

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> 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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