[nagdu] Indoor Behavior - So Confused

[Larry D. Keeler]

Just as an aside but rather funny!  My wife has chore aids that come over to 
help us keep the place clean.  Well, she had stopped by Izzy's a really good 
hogey shop near us.  She baught one and put it in her opened purse on the 
floor.  I had left Holly home because it was really hot out.  My wife pretty 
much lives in a hospital bed that she can't get out of in our front room. 
Well she saw Holly messing around with something on the floor but she 
couldn't see what it was!  The chore aid grabbed her purse and looked 
inside.  Thart Hogey was gone!  The wrapper was on the4 floor and Holly had 
a smile on her face!  She started to yell at my dog! I cut her off and 
explained that yes, she is trained!  But, I wasn't here and sence someone 
lerft that thing in an open purse on the floor, who was really responsible! 
Holly said thank you!  I also informed her that our dogs don't generally get 
that kind of thing and they may have to clean up if she brings it back up! 
She didn't.  -
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <avapup.7 at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Indoor Behavior - So Confused


> Thanks Shannon, smiles.
>
> I didn't think it was terribly out of the ordinary for Cocoa to stick her 
> head in the chip bag, I mean, it was left wide open on the floor!! That 
> didn't even require counter surfing -- just walking up and shoving her big 
> head into it! Is that ideal? No. But is it a tragedy as my family seemed 
> to think? I don't think so.
>
> Haha! I wonder what your first guide thought of his drink of Dr. Pepper!
>
> I think keeping Cocoa leashed is going to be the best solution. It's like 
> I'm dealing with an adolescent dog all over again. Is this Cocoa's 
> mid-life crisis? Grins.
>
> Leash corrections definitely work when she begs. She's gotten them her 
> entire life when she tries to push her boundaries a bit ( she is a very 
> strong willed dog ), and she responds to them very well.
>
> She's an owner-trained dog, so I think part of the problem is just that my 
> family doesn't take her seriously, not like they would a school trained 
> dog. Even though we've never had an access challenge ( amazingly ), nor 
> has anyone ever guessed she was not trained by a school, my family tends 
> to think of her much more as a pet than a working dog. And I mean, she is 
> my little girl! But she also helps me immensely, which I don't think they 
> accept. My parents refuse to even go anywhere if I bring Cocoa.
>
> Thank you!
> Ava and Cocoa
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 9, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Shannon Wells <oldtimechristian at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Ava,
>> Yes, I'd say it would be pretty normal for a pet to stick his head in a 
>> bag of chips and munch away. After all, the humans dig in to it all the 
>> time. Once, my first guide stuck his head in to my friend's glass of Dr. 
>> Pepper and had himself a drink. hahahaha!
>>
>> Families are difficult to deal with, sometimes. I would say, since you 
>> asked for help, maybe keeping Coco on leash all the time for a couple of 
>> weeks is a good idea. If others do not like it, so what. Be firm and tell 
>> them since Coco is your dog, you feel it is necessary.
>>
>> My parents and grandparents used to feed my first guide when I didn't 
>> know about it. Once, my grandpa even fed George a white cupcake while he 
>> was working. George took it, ate it and kept on walking. I never new 
>> until much later. No matter how much I insisted they shouldn't feed my 
>> dog, they did it anyway. My grandma even cried and said, "But, you don't 
>> know how sad he looks at me!"
>>
>> Would leash corrections work when the begging starts? Maybe even a firm 
>> "no" would help. I have only had one dog which I did not train myself, so 
>> I'm afraid I don't know what else to tell you, but I do know where you 
>> are coming from when it comes to families and their interference.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>> Shannon Wells
>> On Sep 9, 2012, at 4:31 AM, avapup.7 at gmail.com
>
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