[nagdu] Finding Certain Things

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

No, it does not make it difficult for them to find a chair. Dogs are great 
at generalizing.
JMHO, you really should not tell your guide dog to find something unless 
there is a good chance that what your dog is looking for is actually there. 
Thus, just telling Princess "find the trash" when there is no trash can 
could be a problem as she may become confused and frustrated. I would only 
do this as an absolute last resort, but, if worse comes to worse, you can 
just double bag the droppings and leave them in a kind of out of the way 
place and hope that whoever finds them will throw them away for you. Again, 
I would not do this unless I absolutely had to.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at suddenlink.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 6:54 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Finding Certain Things


> Pilot does not teach their dogs to find chairs or trash cans which are two
> very important things I would like my guide to know how to find; I 
> wouldn't
> want to sit on someone's lap lol, and it would definitely be great if my 
> dog
> can find a trash can for me to deposit her poop after picking it up lol. 
> So
> far I believe that all the dogs are taught to find a curb when approaching
> the street or stairs.
> They don't do clicker training either, but it sounds to me that clicker is 
> a
> great way for the dogs to learn; I am interested in looking in to it once 
> I
> bond with Princess more.
> I've heard and observed that poodles are definitely very smart, but not 
> all
> chairs look alike so wouldn't that make it difficult to ask them to find a
> chair?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of marilyn
> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 5:15 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Finding Certain Things
>
> Hi Hannah,
> GDF teaches there dogs the find command. All we do as guide dog users is
> enforce what the dog is already taught. Anna can find seats, trash cans ,
> elevator, steps , doors and etc. just by telling her. If its a place your
> going back to and there the first time , pat what it is name it , give her 
> a
> treat and tell her find it. Then give your dog  lots of praise. I am out 
> in
> the field a lot going to different buildings that I have never been before
> from my job and she is great finding things. It can be confusing for the 
> dog
> if there are lots of door or elevators. I have had that happen in the NY
> State building.  I also use the command find the way a lot. When leaving a
> place we back track our steps .
> Marilyn and Anna
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at suddenlink.net>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 3:24 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] Finding Certain Things
>
>
>> Hey All,
>> I was just wondering what your experiences have been in terms of
>> teaching your dogs new commands such as finding things - an empty
>> seat, trash cans, doors, etc. I have heard that it is possible to
>> teach your dog to find certain things, and I'm definitely interested
>> in doing that once I get settled with my dog.
>> Cheers, Hannah
>>
>>
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