[nagdu] teaching dogs to ignore attention

Tue Jan 4 20:23:59 UTC 2011

    I'm still a rookie handler, but I have a masters in psych, so I do have 
some knowledge of how to train behavior.

Recreate the environment you want to simulate by recruiting a person to try 
and distract the dog inside the environment in question.  For example, if 
the pup has a problem with kids, get a kid to try and knock the dog off his 
game when working; then reward for desired behavior and correct for negative 
behaviors.

Good luck,
JB

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From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 7:59 AM
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Subject: [nagdu] teaching dogs to ignore attention

> I'm curious to know how you managed to teach him to ignore the attention. 
> Ms. Caroline can be incredibly solicitous of people, and that's a behavior 
> I'd like to curb, if possible. I've heard of people who have taught their 
> dogs to ignore the attention of other people while in harness, but this is 
> a skill I've not mastered.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 1:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Stupid people?
>
>
>> Mike,
>> This idiot was more than just someone who wasn't aware about not petting 
>> service dogs.  He was an idiot having a tantrum because he didn't get his 
>> way or that he didn't like being told to stop doing something by a woman. 
>> A person who is just uneducated doesn't react angrily that way and 
>> ordering Jessica and her mom to leave his jewlery stand.  A person who is 
>> just uneducated will usually apologize and then you can tell them why it 
>> is best to leave service dogs alone.   When they hear the reason for the 
>> no pet rules, then they usually understand - thus another sucessful 
>> educational moment!  There are people in this world who just don't give a 
>> crap about learning something or that their actions can harm a person 
>> with a disability.  They are selfish people who have never grown up and 
>> they act like overgrown spoiled brats. Fortunately, the number of 
>> respectful people vastly outnumber the rude idiots!
>>
>> Jessica, you were right to report this man's behavior to the mall 
>> authorities - this is totally unacceptable for a vendor in a mall.
>>
>> Now, what I do is to teach my dog to ignore the attention and this makes 
>> the person grow bored real fast.  They lose interest in a dog that 
>> ignores them! If Landon reacts like Jessica's dog did - and he does - I 
>> just tell Landon to "leave it" and pull him close to me.  Most of the 
>> time, people get the idea that Landon needs to be left alone.
>>
>> Happy New Year, everyone!
>>
>> Lyn and Landon
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Michael Hingson" <mhingson at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 12:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Stupid people?
>>
>>
>> This does not surprise me.  I am constantly amazed at the number of 
>> people
>> today who simply do not know what a guide dog is and how to behave around
>> one.  However, rather than being angry or even calling people "stupid" I
>> urge adopting, when possible, an attitude of education.
>>
>> While such may not have been possible at the stand still remember that 
>> most
>> people do not understand.  Society does not teach and often they make it
>> difficult for us to teach.
>>
>> We can only do what we can, but please don't stay angry.  Go out and help 
>> us
>> make people more aware.
>>
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Jessica Pitzer
>> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 11:39 AM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Stupid people?
>>
>> Today, Kip and I went shopping with my mom. I was holding her arm,
>> heeling Kip who was behaving very well. We stopped at this little
>> stand in the mall which had these rings you could get engraved with
>> your name on them. I was feeling the different types of rings, when I
>> had noticed that Kip had broken his sit, and his tail was beating my
>> legs. I immediately knew someone was petting my dog, so I turned a
>> little to my left and said very politely, can you please stop petting
>> my dog, he's a working dog and you are distracting him. Without
>> missing a beat teh guy says sure, but leave my stand right now. I was
>> taken aback, I just stood their. My mom was like lets go this guy
>> asked us to leave. I was like no mom he has no right to ask us to
>> leave, my dog was going nothign wrong and neither were we, the got got
>> enraged and told us to leave right now. My mom and I found the mall
>> manager and reported the situation, and were told it'd be handled. I
>> was just shocked, my dog was well groomed, was sitting perfectly at my
>> left side while I browsed, bothering no one, and yet what an idiot.
>> Jessica and Kip
>>
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