[nagdu] Distracted by other dogs

Cindy Ray cindyray at gmail.com
Tue Sep 18 20:11:29 UTC 2012


You have to be forceful and do it repeatedly. I guess that would be my only advice about it. Maybe you have to find extra opportunities to subject her to the distraction so you can work it more.

CL

On Sep 18, 2012, at 2:49 PM, Sheri Anderson wrote:

> 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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