[nagdu] dogs and mosh pits don't mix

[Tracy Carcione]

Mark,
The method I was taught in class, and have also heard on dog-training shows, 
is this:
Put the dog in a room and leave.  Come back after a minute or two.  If he 
makes noise, come back sooner, tell him Quiet, and leave again.  You don't 
have to go far; in fact, at first, you shouldn't. Next time, Leave and come 
back in 5 minutes.  Gradually increase the time you're away.  Then the dog 
gets the idea that you can leave, but you're coming back.

You could practice this in the dorm, since, really, you're close by.

A trainer told me a funny story about this method.  He was working with a 
graduate whose dog barked when the person left.  The person was 
pretend-leaving, and the dog didn't bark, only when the person really left. 
The trainer figured out that, when the person was pretend-leaving, he was 
standing in a place where the dog could see him through the sliding door, so 
the dog knew he was still there!  The moral of the story is don't give 
yourself away.  Don't stand out in the hallway and chat with your friends, 
for instance.
HTH.
Tracy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JULIE PHILLIPSON" <jbrew48 at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] dogs and mosh pits don't mix


> Mark I had a dog like that but it was even worse then whimpering, he would 
> make himself sick he would get so worked up.  It was suggested to me to 
> use a crate.  I never did get him over that and he just was with me almost 
> all the time.    He was ok as long as someone was with him so when I did 
> leave him it had to be with someone he knew.  One time I left him with 
> someone else's dog and he was or, at least seemed to be OK with that.  If 
> when in the dorm is there someone there that he could go stay with?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 12:35 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] dogs and mosh pits don't mix
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Today I went to a dropkick Murphy concert. Because dogs and mosh pits 
>> don't mix, I left the dog at my parent's house. My dog just sat by the 
>> door and whimpered the entire time, he did not bark or anything, just 
>> laid by the door and softly whimpered the entire time I was gone. He 
>> would not drink or do anything. My question is, if I had to leave him 
>> with a "dog sitter" for a long time, how would I get him used to not 
>> being with me. I can't leave him alone in my dorm for a multitude of 
>> reasons, so he has no practice staying home alone.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
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