[nagdu] mounting

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Never allow a dog to mount humans!  It is a dominance thing and WE are the 
dopminant ones, not the dog.  Landon used to do that to the male patients we 
had and they were on the floor with him.  I corrected the HELL out of him 
(verbally!) and encouraged the patients to be in chairs and not on the floor 
unless Landon was lying down and getting a belly rub!  The patients were 
young Marines who wrestled with him and then he'd hump them.  he has NEVER 
tried this with our current people we do pet therapy with.  they aren't 
allowed to wrestle with the dogs.

If he's playing with another dog, I don't care if he does it but I don't 
allow it to go on long.  He does it to his friend when that dog has a bone 
Landon wants.  He has NEVER tried to hump while in harness.

This can really be a problem if the dog starts to do this to any dog while 
in harness.  A friend of mine had a dog that was allowed to hump as a puppy. 
the dog got into the habit and then it coouldn't be broken - much like 
allowing the dog to beg at a table of diners.  My friend was getting frail 
as he aged and this really became a problem because the dog would pull him 
over to another guide dog and hump. This caused alot of problems in almost 
being pulled on his face but other guide dog users got really pissed at him 
for it.  The dog has been retired and the owner can barely walk now and no 
longer uses public transportation.

The man wasn't strong enough to correct the behavior so it wwent on until 
retirement.  Puppy raisers on the list:  Just be real careful of this habit 
as some dogs will take it too far and then the blind handler may not be able 
to correct it out of the dog.

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] mounting


None of my dogs mounts me. IÇK.

CL


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