[nagdu] Distracted by other dogs

[d m gina]

Hello,
Yes it is ok to get firm with your dog from time to time, even doing obedience,
yes the first year is a trip to be sure.
Sense this is at work, I would make sure she is on leash or tie down in 
the office, when you don't know when a person is coming with their dog 
to your office.
She will settle down, just wants to make sure she knows who the boss is.
How about that, you are a boss smile.
Or I love to say top dog is.
That is you.
Do you ever see these folks from the job, as in meetings, or some kind 
of gathering?
Then if you wish you could do a small bit of meet and greet, then they 
settle down.
Just some thoughts.
yes we all have to try to stay on top of it all, you never know what 
the dog will be coming up next.
I always say,
"You must have stayed up all night long to come up with this new plan.
Original message:
> Good afternoon guide dog users,

> Having been a guide dog user for eight months, I thought I was finally
> over the bumps in the road. However, in the past month or so, I have
> begun to see a slight change in my guide dogs distractions with other
> dogs. During training in January she ignored other dogs completely.
> During Washington Seminar in February, she was only slightly
> interested in other dogs but her interest didn't stop our work in the
> hotel. In March, during our state convention she did fabulous, but
> there were no dogs around. In May during my transition to a new job,
> she was only mildly distracted by other guide dogs or pets near her.

> She is a fabulous guide, never misses a curb or a beat in high traffic
> areas or crowds, and is obedient to a fault. It has just been in the
> past few weeks that she has begun to get excited when seeing other
> dogs and with several guide dog users in the vicinity of my office,
> this is becoming a little unsettling to me. She will whine and pull
> toward the other dog until I get forceful.

> If anyone has any suggestions as to how to stop this behavior before
> it becomes an issue, I would greatly appreciate them. My guide dog is
> a 3-year-old lab and is as gentle as a lamb. She seems to want to run
> and play, and suddenly forgets all that she is supposed to be doing.
> As soon as I redirect her, she completely obeys, but I want the
> behavior to stop completely. Am I being unrealistic?

> Warmly,
> Sheri Anderson

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