[nagdu] walking in to people

Larry D. Keeler lkeeler at comcast.net
Sun Oct 6 15:50:33 UTC 2013


Is she unusually social? Sometimes they will try and visit. The hardest time 
I have with Holly is if she knows the people or if one has a dog. Then, I 
stand back if I can until Holly calms down a little.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephanie Mitchell" <naturelovingmom at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] walking in to people


>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
>> >
>> > Learn Piano anywhere
>> > www.mitchellpianostudio.com
>> > twitter: @passion4pno
>> >
>> >
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