[nagdu] Guide Dog Obedience

Tamara Smith-Kinney tamara.8024 at comcast.net
Tue Feb 9 17:55:15 UTC 2010


Michelle,

It makes sense now.  /smile/  As one who lives with two very active dogs,
including a super-high-energy jumpy guide, we play pretty much the same
scene around here on a daily basis. /smile/

A lot of the techniques I/we use to maintain some control of the chaos
before it gets out of hand, I used to think of as obedience work in the
strict training sense.  Now it's just a way to distract the troublemakers
and convince them they should be something else instead. /grin/ I use
operant conditioning, with clicker and treats, so their behavior does end up
being modified.  Then, of course, they cook up another plan to train me to
give them my undivided attention and do a lot of clicking and treating.
They're not stupid dogs, and they know the principles of operant
conditioning as well I do.  /grin/

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Michelle
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 9:41 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Obedience

Answer 1: No the dog isn't in harness.
Answer 2: Yes I suppose. Without going into too much detail:
A few nights ago we had our laundry door closed because of our air 
conditioning. My mother had to go to the laundry for half a minute to check 
on our washing machine because it's broke. Meanwhile, Troy wanted a drink, 
so Mum said sit and stay. Troy jumped up when Mum opened the door so I also 
told him to sit and stay, then when Mum came out of the laundry he ran in to

have a drink. Mum said "Gosh you're a naughty dog!" because Troy didn't sit 
and stay for thirty seconds while Mum wwnent into the laundry and came out 
again. There's not enough room in our laundry for both humans and dog, so we

have to keep Troy out if any one of us is in there, but we don't ever make 
him stay away from his water for a long time. That's cruel...

He's a hyperactive dog so he gets quite jumpy when he's trying to get what 
he wants.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Johnson" <stevencjohnson at centurytel.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Obedience


> Questions...
> 1.  Is your pup in harness?
>
> You stated in your original email...
> "if someone else has to go into the laundry for a few minutes for any
> reasonand Troy is thirsty, I, or the other person, will tell him to sit 
> and
> stay, but"
>
> 2.  It appears that 2 different people are giving him commands?
>
>
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