[nagdu] additional tasks

[Natalie]

Hi Robert,
The fist thing is an interesting tactic to teach our furry ones to tuck 
themselves away under furniture.  Thanks for sharing.  Will have to give it 
a try.  Never thought of that.
Best,
Nat and Liam Joshua

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Hooper" <hooper.90 at buckeyemail.osu.edu>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] additional tasks


> Hello:
>
> I thought of something after I got home with Bailey. I decided it would be 
> a good idea to teach him to target my fist. It's a fun obedience/training 
> exercise, and it has its practical applications as well. For example, when 
> I want him to go under a chair in a certain way, rather than grab him and 
> manipulate him like a back pack, I can show him my fist and tell him to 
> "touch". He then moves under the chair to nose my fist, thus positioning 
> himself for me. I sped up the process with a clicker, and think it would 
> be a great way to teach him off-leash recall, something TSE didn't do. I 
> just need to back chain him further. :)
> Sincerely,
> Robert Hooper
> Hooper.90 at buckeyemail.osu.edu
> The Ohio State University
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> (740) 856-8195
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:27 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] additional tasks
>
> Well, when I had Jet, the black Lab, she would fetch anything. One day I 
> dropped a stylus and dropped some keys. I told her to fetch and she came 
> up with the keys; then I pointed in the general direction of the stylus 
> again and she fetched it. Once I was in a restroom at a grocery store and 
> the TP wasn't affixed to the roll. It flew off and across the bathroom. I 
> told her to fetch and she brought the roll of TP back to me. It's true! 
> One time she grabbed a cookie off a tray at the VA Hospital; when I told 
> her out, she gave it to me--dropped it right into my hand. Then do you 
> praise or scold? LOL.
> Cindy
>
>
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