[nagdu] Guide Dog Obedience

Sun Feb 7 05:31:53 UTC 2010

I relieve him every two to four hours, sometimes a little less often if 
we're out all day at a shopping centre--the one I go to is very big. 
Yesterday I repeated the word "water" a number of times when I took him to 
his container and he drank a huge amount in the morning, and then a fair bit 
more in the evening. In a little while I'll relieve Troy and then test that 
idea again to see what he does. I'll let you all know. Mind you, I'll put 
him in a sit stay first.

Michelle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Obedience

> How often do you relieve him?  Sometimes my dog will not drink until she 
> has
> been relieved, at which time she drinks almost the entire bowl. 
> Sometimes,
> to encourage her to drink, I will take her over to the bowl and tap on it.
> Although not initially interested, she then usually consumes most of the
> contents of the bowl.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michelle" <m-johnson at bigpond.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 2:09 PM
> 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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