[nagdu] Introducing myself

[Danielle Antoine]

Congrats to Debby and Alyssa. And your new partners! Debby glad you
made your way hear. Hope you have fun and learn a lot. What kind of
dogs did you two get and who were your instructors? Oh those puppy
days are sooooooo different from a seasoned guide.



On 8/11/14, debby phillips via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> HI Nicole, Neena is a Golden Retriever.  Well, I'm not an
> instructor, so take anything I say with a grain of salt regarding
> getting rid of undesired behavior.  One thing I'm trying with
> Neena when she tries to chew something that I don't want her to
> chew on, like the charger to my Apex.  I tell her no, letting her
> know verbally that I do not approve of that behavior.  Then I
> give her her bone or some other toy and praise her for chewing
> that.  It doesn't always work, but I'm trying that.  Of course,
> there is always the leash correction, but I try verbal
> corrections first, however she is a little girl with a mind of
> her own sometimes.  I remember in class, we talked about a ladder
> of corrections-you know, especially for distractions, leave it,
> then the word we use, pfui, then a light leash correction, and so
> forth.  The thing that I always have to remember is that first
> and foremost, these are dogs.  They have certain instinctual
> behaviors and our job is to suppress those, to an extent.  If we
> don't, then they are no good to us as guides, and we might as
> well save the bother of training and just get a pet.  Well, I
> need to go, I have a Braille student coming in about five
> minutes, and I need to get stuff ready to go.    Debby
>
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