[nagdu] Distracted by other dogs

Hannah Chadwick sparklylicious at gmail.com
Tue Sep 18 21:29:13 UTC 2012


Sherry!,
It's great to se you on the list. Princess was like that for the longest
time and I had no idea what I should do. finally I purchased a pinch collar,
and it has helped me a lot. Perhaps you could look in to other types of
collars?
Hope this helps.
Your roomie, Hannah

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Sheri Anderson
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 12:50 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nagdu] Distracted by other dogs

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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