[nagdu] barking in harness?

[Tami Jarvis]

Daryl,

I remember the day Mitzi first saw her reflection in all the glass 
windows we were working past downtown. OMG! We were walking along with 
someone I had just met to talk to about guide dogs, and what was mine 
doing? Barking at all those poodles we kept seeing in all the buildings. 
I can't remember if I truly convinced her that day that she didn't need 
to bark at all the poodles just like her, but that hasn't happened again.

Maybe if Jenny reacts to the stained glass guide dog again, you can take 
her up to the window to let her try to sniff it or to get a better look 
or something? Who knows what goes through their silly dog brains at 
times like that.

Tami

On 07/31/2014 01:30 PM, Daryl Marie via nagdu wrote:
> Hey matthew,
> In previous posts, I have stated that I am moving away from corrections and towads redirection or positive reinforcement.
>
> To the list:
> I think I may have solved the mystery!
> At that time of day, the sun reflects off the plateglass front door of the office downstairs, so her reflection bounces back at her. She approaches the door, so does the reflection/perceived other dog. Her nose hits the ground, so does the reflection/other dog. Because this area is very small, she may feel slightly trapped, thus leading to the barking...
> Does this make sense? or am I just rationalizing?
>
> Daryl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matthew Dyer<ilovecountrymusic483 at gmail.com>
> To: Daryl Marie<crazymusician at shaw.ca>, NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:06:19 -0600 (MDT)
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] barking in harness?
>
> Hi,
>
> Yes, is he used to do the same thing. They ended up switching me out with a new dog that I have now. Her name is Chrissy. In any event, just keep working with her. And I would continue to correct her if she continues. Otherwise if it does continue, contact the school and see what they can do to help you. Thanks.
>
> Matthew
>
> Sent from my iPhone.
> Skype: graduater2004. Email and face time/iMessage:ilovecountrymusic483 at gmail.com
>
>
>> >On Jul 31, 2014, at 3:25 PM, Daryl Marie via nagdu<nagdu at nfbnet.org>  wrote:
>> >
>> >Hey!
>> >Just had a funny thing happen today. A group of us went out for lunch, then when we came back, Jenny just let out a couple of short barks (bark, pause, bark, pause, bark) at something or someone on the other side of the glass door leading to the office downstairs in our building. She was able to be redirected easily, so we went upstairs, took a 5-10-minute break, and went back downstairs (I thought she was barking at Gizmo, who I wrote about previously).  I figured, hey, training opportunity!
>> >Well, we got downstairs, and again, she barked once at something on the other side of the door. I didn't hear anything or anyone, so I had her lie down by the second door (the one that leads upstairs), and I opened the door to the office downstairs, and there was nothing or no one there.
>> >She has never done this before (except once at Gizmo), but people at work seem to think there's another dog down there.
>> >Any pointers, advice?
>> >
>> >Daryl
>> >
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