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

Hannah Chadwick sparklylicious at gmail.com
Wed Apr 25 01:28:16 UTC 2012


Nicole,
I agree. I have not been carrying food with me because Pilot does not train
with it. It might be something to look in to though as she does love food.

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Of Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Wanting to Chase all moving animals, especially small
ones...

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>
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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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