[nagdu] dogs and mosh pits don't mix

[Mark J. Cadigan]

Tracy,



I can and often do leave him for very short amounts of time, for instance 
going to the laundry room; it's just instances like this that I am away for 
several hours that is a problem.



He is perfectly behaved, when he knows I am going to return shortly, like 
when I grab my laundry basket and cane, but somehow he knows when I am not 
going to be returning shortly. In the year I have had him; I have only left 
him alone for an extended amount of time, AKA over 2 hours, 4 times. Once 
when I went kayaking, once when I went on a sunset cruise, once when I went 
to a Christmas party ware the host had a severe dog allergy, and the forth 
and final time was yesterday when I went to dropkick Murphy. All other times 
I take him with me, or use it as a convenient excuse not to go when I don't 
want to go anyway. :)





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] dogs and mosh pits don't mix


> 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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