[nagdu] walking in to people

Stephanie Mitchell naturelovingmom at gmail.com
Sun Oct 6 04:14:23 UTC 2013


I think you could be right about this. She is fine with obstacles etc, just not with people. I'll see if I can get some people to help set this up.
Steph


----- Original Message -----
From: Raven Tolliver <ravend729 at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Date: Sunday, October 6, 2013 3:10 pm
Subject: Re: [nagdu] walking in to people

>
>
> Correcting your dog will do nothing if she does not know that she's
> running you into people.
> I would suggest you set up similar situations with friends or family,
> and try to work her around them. Instruct the people helping you not
> to move. I think the problem is that your dog expects people to move
> out of the way, which is obviously not always going to happen. So do
> these exercises, and when your dog does not work around them, stop and
> tap the person saying: "No," "watch it," or "careful," then rework it.
> Getting this right could take anywhere from a few times in one session
> to a few days. Practice this inside, outside, in a room, hallway, and
> wherever you can set it up.
> This is what will ultimately fix the situation.
> 
> 
> On 10/5/13, Stephanie Mitchell <naturelovingmom at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I am looking for advice. I plan on contacting my trainer tomorrow but
> > thought I'd run it past you all, and see if any one has had this issue.
> > Gypsy has started to run me in to people. It has happened quite a few times
> > now. Just this afternoon, I was walking in our local shopping centre. There
> > were 2 people talking, just standing there and Gypsy tried to walk in
> > between the 2 people, and in the process I hit one of them. Stan saw it
> > happen and said that Gypsy had heaps and heaps of room to go around them.
> > Anyway, is there anything I can do about this? I cant re work the situation
> > as the person already moved. If I correct her, would she know why I did it?
> > Just not sure what to do about it.
> > Steph
> >
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> Raven
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