[nagdu] Distracted by other dogs

[Sarah]

What kind of dog is Holly?

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry D.  Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:12:55 -0400
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Distracted by other dogs

Holly is still distracted!  I've worked her for 4 years and she 
still gets
distracted!  You can't take all of the dog out!  In D.C.  however 
it was the
pidgions and squirrels!  I usually iether stop and let the other 
dog go by,
correct her or make her walk by!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sheri Anderson" <sheri.k.anderson at gmail.com
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 3:49 PM
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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