[nagdu] Scavenging and Sniffing

[Deanna Lewis]

Hi,
I think the use of a gentle leader or another head collar is very helpful with this issue. I hope Dallas enjoyed his peanut butter cup!
You can also try doing obedience with food distractions. 
For instance, lay a sausage link or some other type of people food on the ground and have your dog do obedience within a few feet from that object. You want the dog to be close enough to grab it, but praise them when they ignore it. Have the dog do sits, downs, stays, comes and other obedience exercises while the dog totally ignores the sausage or whatever you use. It may take some time to get the dog to not dive for it. But, this helps a lot in teaching dogs to ignore food on the ground or within reach.
Hope that helps.
Deanna and Pascal

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aleeha Dudley
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 10:09 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Scavenging and Sniffing

Hello,
I'm having the same issues with my Seeing Eye dog Dallas. Just this morning, he would not listen to my firm corrections and scolding. Is Sophie a Labrador? I'm concerned about this with Dallas as well because, a couple weeks ago while in a market, he snagged a peanut butter cup from the shelf by his nose and proceeded to eat it, paper and all. Other than the use of a gentle leader, I'm not sure how else to curb this behavior.
Aleeha and Dallas, the little yellow sniffer

On 10/9/13, Alyssa <alyssahenson95 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all! I got my dog Sophie from Leader Dogs in July. She is my 
> first dog and I'm having problems with her nose always being on the 
> ground. She does great work, but if she sees something on the ground, 
> she dives for it and won't listen to me even with leash corrections 
> until they've been done at least 3 times. Is this normal for a new 
> dog? Is there something I should do differently?
> Thanks
> Alyssa and Sophie
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