[nagdu] Dogs and instructors

Debbie Cole debbieanne1124 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 15 23:25:37 UTC 2012


The trainers can be testing you to see if you are handling him
correctly.  In a situation where there is a distraction.  Because he
may pull you down.  so always be on your guard (and your toes)

I ahve to constantly be aware of what my dogs movements and approaches are.

On 10/15/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah and I notice that when I prase him he doesn't get very
> excited.  The instructor said he went nuts for praise and jumps
> up and stuff but he doesn't get too excited when I praise him.
> But the trainer if she just says Hi Wiz." He goes nuts.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Debbie Cole <debbieanne1124 at gmail.com
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:46:04 -0700
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
>
> I did the obedience commands with the trainer here.  "Sit, down,
> stay,
> come" and so on.  If she didn't obey i corrected.  If the trainer
> is
> there with you go for it.  If Wizzard focuses on the trainer turn
> Wiz
> away from the trainer and try that until he gets it right.
>
> If that's a good Guide dog like you say he will aim to please
> you.
> Praise is everything.
>
> On 10/15/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>  should I do obedieence with the trainers here?
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Debbie Cole <debbieanne1124 at gmail.com
>  To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>  Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>  Date sent: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:33:48 -0700
>  Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
>
>  Sarah
>  Leone really missed me a lot.  they also ahd her ona  diet.  .
>  So she
>  was about what she is now at 70 pounds.  I'm her mama peach.
> she
>  waas
>  so very ahppy to see me and ran right up to me.    Although she
>  was
>  attracted to her trainer Michal Anna she knew I'm her boss and
>  she
>  stayed.  Michal Anna worked with us a few days then returned
> back
>  to
>  the school to prepare for your class.
>
>  Always always always do the obedience commands before even going
>  out
>  to potty in the mornin.   the boy will learn fast.
>
>  On 10/15/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   cool.  How did she act when she saw you after two months of
>   summer school?
>
>    ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Debbie Cole <debbieanne1124 at gmail.com
>   To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>   Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>   Date sent: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:45:11 -0700
>   Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
>
>   I had that happen with me, Sarah.  And voice commands and
>   correction
>   just don't seem to work and i ended up dragging the dog.  LOL
>   Today
>   is better though then back then.
>
>   She was taken away for 2 months of training.  (summer school)
>   Now
>   with mostly voice commands alone she obeys.  She ahs not really
>   pulled
>   much.  It's some getting used to.  I'm a new dog handler
> myself.
>   Leone is my first dog.  We learn as we go along.
>
>   On 10/15/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>    they just talk high-pitched to the dog, which he loves.  Then
>    when he's guiding they'll be far off behind us and Wizard
> won't
>    go forward unless there right behind us even though they try
> to
>    be a few bleks back.  It's very frustrating and today I feel
>    depressed.
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>    From: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com
>    To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>    Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>    Date sent: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:23:07 -0500
>    Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
>
>    They try to make the dog more excited? That really doesn't
> make
>    any sense.
>
>    What exactly do you mean by this.
>
>    Cindy
>
>    On Oct 15, 2012, at 1:58 PM, Sarah wrote:
>
>     It's not excuses they told me that the dogs should fet
> excited
>    because they have been working with the dogs for the past 6
>    months.  And every time they come they always make contact
> with
>    the dog to make him more excited.
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com
>     To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,	the National Association of Guide
>    Dog Users'"<nagdu at nfbnet.org
>     Date sent: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:55:00 +0000
>     Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
>
>     Sounds like excuse making to me.
>
>
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>   Sarah
>     Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 6:32 PM
>     To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
>    Users
>     Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
>
>     Yeah I'll ask Emceafor about it, but the last time they just
>    said
>     that the dogs will always get excited.
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com
>     To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>     Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>     Date sent: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:11:17 -0500
>     Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
>
>     Did you talk with the instrutors about it? When I had a
>  similar
>     problem, I found the dog would work for me in places we
> hadn't
>     been before.  Be sure you are talking about it.
>
>     Cindy
>
>     On Oct 14, 2012, at 5:04 PM, Sarah wrote:
>
>     With Wizard, he drags me out the gate to get to Emily and
> will
>     not listen to me very good when they're around, and it makes
>  me
>     feel more discouraged every time they come over.  Then if
> they
>     get a few feet behind us, he won't go.  They wanted to stay a
>    few
>     blocks behind us but Wizard wouldn't hop up and I don't know
>   how
>     to fix it.
>
>     Sarah and Wizard
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Chantel Cuddemi" <jawsgirl87 at gmail.com
>     To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide
> Dog
>     Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>     Date sent: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:34:26 -0400
>     Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
>
>     Motley only wagged his tail at the trainer once when she came
>     over with some
>     scissors to cut the hair around his eyes.
>
>     We were told to keep the dogs under control.
>
>     It wasn't easy at the beginning, but we did it somehow.
>
>     Chantel and Motley
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>   Sarah
>     Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 2:57 AM
>     To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>     Users
>     Subject: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
>
>     Hello everyone,
>     When you first got your dogs, did your dogs go nuts when they
>     saw
>     the trainers? What did you do? Did you let them go nuts and
>  say
>     hi to the trainers or get them under control?
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Chantel Cuddemi" <jawsgirl87 at gmail.com
>     To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide
> Dog
>     Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>     Date sent: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:51:54 -0400
>     Subject: Re: [nagdu] O&M services with a dog
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     When I first came home from Pilot with Motley, the trainer
> and
>     my
>     mobility
>     instructor worked on my area with Motley and I.
>
>     My mobility instructor seemed to be familiar with guide dogs
>     because she and
>     the trainer go way back.
>
>     Anyhow, she was able to help Motley and I along with routes
>   here
>     in my
>     neighborhood, and it's worked out great!
>
>     All my best,
>
>     Chantel and Motley
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>   Cindy
>     Ray
>     Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 12:31 PM
>     To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>     Users
>     Subject: Re: [nagdu] O&M services with a dog
>
>     I know that lots of these folks don't know much about dog
> use,
>     but as they
>     show us a route, can't we tell them what we need? That's how
>     I've
>     dealt with
>     any here.
>
>     Cindy Lou
>
>     On Oct 13, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Margo and Arrow wrote:
>
>     We have an O and M instructor in this area who's very
> familiar
>     with how
>     guide dog teams work.  I hear she's leaving, though.  I think
>     one
>     or two of
>     the O and M instructors at our private blindness agency know
>     about dogs,
>     too, but, yes, those are few and far between.  I know some of
>     the
>     schools
>     offer O and M people the opportunity to work with a dog,
> etc.,
>     but I wonder
>     how much they get to learn in the space of a couple of days.
>   In
>     other
>     words, do they learn enough to be able to help someone learn
> a
>     route or to
>     know what the dog is or isn't dong or the owner is or isn't
>     doing.
>
>     Margo and Arrow
>
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