[nagdu] Scavenging and Sniffing

[Daniel Sweeney]

I don't remember doing any leave it commands with food, or doing any
obedience work. I think we talked about it some. I do practice some
obedience work, but not as much as I should I think.
I read Raven's instructions and had a question/problem I needed to address.
I use food in my fist as a reward when I use the clicker. When I want Cass
to find the "whatever" I put my fist with the kibble against the "whatever"
until she touches it, and she gets the kibble. This would be back-asswards
if I did it to leave it. I guess I would put something else on the floor,
and stand by and if she went the floor I would have my hand ready close with
my kibble and click if she comes to me rather than the floor food.
Anyway I think the shortened schedule for training at GDB leaves a lot of
training up to the handler to figure out. Good idea or bad, I really don't
know. You can always ask.
Just my opinion.

Daniel Sweeney and Cass
Lakewood, Colorado


> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy
> Carcione
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 6:17 AM
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Scavenging and Sniffing
> 
> It was my impression that GDB spends a lot of time working on food
> distractions, which made sense to me, since they use food rewards and
would
> want the dog not to be distracted by other food.  But I see some GDB
> graduates saying they're having trouble with scavenging, so am I wrong
about
> GDB spending a lot of time on it?
> Not blaming anyone; just trying to have an accurate picture in my head.
My
> Seeing Eye dog Benny can be quite the crumb hunter, under some
> circumstances. TSE didn't spend any time on food distractions, at least
not
> in my class.
> Tracy
> 
> 
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