[nagdu] Distracted by other dogs

Cindy Ray cindyray at gmail.com
Wed Sep 19 00:56:21 UTC 2012


Larry, your dog also gets distracted by the barbecue. Mine does anyhow. Oh, yeah, I haven't been to that place. LOL.

Cindy

On Sep 18, 2012, at 7:18 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:

> I'd get distracted by all of the barbecue down there and the music as well!
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheri Anderson" <sheri.k.anderson at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 4:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Distracted by other dogs
> 
> 
>> Thanks for all of your suggestions.
>> 
>> Actually, the trouble isn't in my office itself, but outside. When we
>> leave the office building to walk around in downtown Nashville, eat
>> lunch or visit local atractions, seems to be the times when she sees
>> other service animals or pets being walked. I suppose she has decided
>> its her break as well. Smile!
>> 
>> 
>> On 9/18/12, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:
>>> 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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>> "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing
>> for others?'" Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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