[nagdu] Scavenging and Sniffing

Larry D. Keeler lkeeler at comcast.net
Thu Oct 10 16:13:14 UTC 2013


Pilot works on food and all kinds of distractions as well. xi am convinced 
that our dogs read us well and try and get away with whatever they can. Dogs 
would naturally scavenge so I believe its one of the hardest behaviors to 
detour there attention from!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Deanna Lewis" <DLewis at clovernook.org>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Scavenging and Sniffing


> Tracy,
> When I went to GDB in 2009, we worked on obedience and food distractions 
> every day. Even during class lectures, we would put some type of food on 
> the ground near the dog, so they could ignore it while laying quietly.
> From what I've heard now, they do not do obedience as a daily exercise. I 
> think they just encourage the handlers to practice in their free time. I 
> think that daily obedience is very beneficial, and wish it was still part 
> of the GDB curriculum. This is just what my friends have told me who have 
> attended GDB recently.
> Deanna and Pascal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 8:17 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> 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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