[nagdu] Distractibility

Julie Phillipson jbrew48 at verizon.net
Fri Jan 13 03:35:39 UTC 2012


Buffalo a high paced town?  I don't think so unless you want to make it a 
fast place.
Julie Phillipson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 11:34 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Distractibility


> Hi Margo.
> I guess I just worry that, since I work in the City, I will always get a
> tough-minded city dog.  Ben doesn't bat an eyelash at New York craziness.
> He doesn't usually bat an eyelash at my corrections, either.  It's a
> trade-off, I guess.  But Buffalo is supposed to be a fast-paced town, and
> Arrow doesn't sound too tough, so you give me some hope.
> Echo was very easy to correct, but she's a soft GDB gal, while Benny is a
> Jersey boy through and through.  Yo!
> Tracy
>
>
>> Arrow doesn't distract by other dogs and he does sniff sometimes but a
>> gentle hup-hup does the trick.  I never have to steady him.  We just
>> stroll
>> along at a gentle pace--very relaxed.
>>
>> Margo and Arrow
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:18 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] My new dog
>>
>>
>>> Hi Buddy.
>>> That's encouraging.  At least there are some dogs out there who are not
>>> easily distracted.  Ben's weakness is sniffing, and my corrections don't
>>> make much of an impression.  I want my next dog to not always be looking
>>> for a chance to cop a sniff.
>>> But, other than that, Ben is very easy to live with, very tranquil and
>>> without any bad habits besides sniffing and emptying on route. Well, and
>>> acting like "Are you talking to me?"  Little wise guy.
>>>
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>> Hi Tracy,
>>>>
>>>> My experience mostly agrees with your experience, but Leno must be a
>>>> mutant or something, because, approaching a year and a half later and
>>>> he's
>>>> *still* really quiet. There was a brief time when he'd get a little
>>>> distracted by other dogs, but that settled down very quickly, and even
>>>> that wasn't bad at all. Nothing like Chet's distractibility, and
>>>> nothing
>>>> that was at all hard to get control over. Still, I do think Leno's
>>>> pretty
>>>> unusual in that respect; it was pretty much what I saw was what I got,
>>>> no
>>>> surprises.
>>>> --
>>>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>>>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 12, 2012, at 7:46 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Mark!  I've been wondering how it was going for you.  Glad to hear
>>>>> it's
>>>>> going well.  And he sounds like a fine fellow.
>>>>>
>>>>> In my experience, dogs may start out quiet, but, once they start
>>>>> feeling
>>>>> comfortable, they start coming out of their shell and testing you to
>>>>> see
>>>>> what rules will stay and which will go.  In class, it takes a week or
>>>>> two
>>>>> to start.  Not sure if it's the same at home, but I'd think it would
>>>>> be.
>>>>> Hope all continues to go well.
>>>>> Tracy
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My new dog is doing well. I got him on Tuesday the 3, and yesterday
>>>>>> we
>>>>>> were doing subway work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He is an almost 80lb male shepherd. His coloration was called
>>>>>> "sable."
>>>>>> The tip of his tale is black, almost like he dipped it in a bucket of
>>>>>> paint. He is extremely well behaved, and whenever I stop to talk to
>>>>>> someone, he lays down on my left side. Whenever I am at a counter, he
>>>>>> automatically lays down between my feet and the counter. He never
>>>>>> barks,
>>>>>> or chews anything in the house. Unless there is some sort of super
>>>>>> compelling distraction like pidgins, he listens to me almost 100% of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My only complaint is sniffing distractions, and bird distractions.
>>>>>> However, the bird distraction is more amusing than dangerous.
>>>>>> Whenever,
>>>>>> he
>>>>>> sees a bird on the sidewalk in front of him, he stairs at it, while
>>>>>> walking strait at it. When the bird gets scared and flies off, he is
>>>>>> so
>>>>>> happy, bouncing and wagging his tale.  I don't get on his case about
>>>>>> bird
>>>>>> distractions so long as he doesn't go after birds that are not in our
>>>>>> path
>>>>>> anyway, and as he is approaching the bird, he can't mess up his guide
>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a red rubber stick that my dog loves. This is like doggy
>>>>>> crack.
>>>>>> He
>>>>>> wants this rubber stick, more than he wants beef jerky or other high
>>>>>> value
>>>>>> food treats.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let's call the dog Jon. That's not his name, however, that's the
>>>>>> alias
>>>>>> we
>>>>>> are going with to he decides he doesn't want to run over and make
>>>>>> friends
>>>>>> with everyone that says his name.
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