[nagdu] Wanting to Chase all moving animals, especially small ones...

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

Okay, good. I know that this is of course not optimum, but at least she is 
not completely blocking you out. Hopefully, continuing this pattern will 
help some. Also, have you tried offering her food to refocus her attention?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Wanting to Chase all moving animals,especially small 
ones...


> Nicole,
> Her guide work overall seems pretty good to me. She is very smart and I 
> can
> tell that she makes some amazing decisions. We do a lot of obedience work
> daily and I'm hoping it will carry to her work. She does not block
> everything out when something distracts her, but she also does not respond
> unless I yank on her leash to get her to face away from whatever she's
> staring at and then make her do some obedience work.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 11:26 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Wanting to Chase all moving animals, especially small
> ones...
>
> Hannah,
>
>    Okay, this is kind of a long message, so sorry if it gets a little
> confusing. Also, sorry if I seem to repeat things that others have already
> said; however, I think that I do have a little different information.
>    First, regarding a gentle leader or a halti, you might give it a try,
> but I do not know if it is the best option. As already stated, you cannot
> give a hard correction. When I was at GDB several years ago, they said 
> that
> it worked for redirecting attention, but it does not really solve the
> problem in that the dog never really learns. If you do decide to use one, 
> my
> personal recommendation would to get training on how to use it.
>    Second, I am curious about how Princess behaves overall. Are there 
> times
> where her guide work is good? How does she respond to you when not 
> working?
> When off leash? I am wondering if working on other types of obedience and
> team work may help the situation. When she is looking at something, does 
> she
> respond to anything? What happens if you tell her to sit or something? Or
> does she just completely block out all forms of communication?
>    Finally, what about using food to try to help the situation? You could
> try to use it to draw her attention away from whatever it is that she is
> looking at. Also, you could use it as a reward when she does stop.
>    I hope that you find a solution soon.
>
> Best,
> Nicole
>
>
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