[nagdu] Would like some advice

[debby phillips]

Good morning all.  I will try to make this brief.  As most of you 
know, I recently returned from Seeing Eye with Neena, a 21-month 
Golden Retriever.  She is a good guide, (we have some issues but 
nothing truly major).  But it's her behavior when not guiding 
that is giving me problems.  She is my 7th dog, so you'd think I 
could handle this.  First of all, Neena is obsessed with having 
something in her mouth at all times.  I have tried taking away 
undesirable things and giving her a bone or some other toy to 
replace the bad stuff, like Klenex, paper, leaves, grass.  This 
has not worked very well.  I have tried correcting her, this is 
not working well, other than making both of us feel bad.  Today 
she came rushing in from parktime and immediately grabbed paper.  
I couldn't figure out where the heck she was getting it, until I 
discovered that she was getting it from the trash can by my 
husband's chair in the living room.  He had put it out of the 
way, so she would really have to make an effort to get to it.  (I 
have suggested getting a different kind that closes).  He has 
ignored that suggestion.  So maybe he needs a pfui.  [German word 
Seeing Eye uses as correction, meaning basically shame on you".  
I grabbed paper out of her mouth, tried giving her the bone, and 
then a tug toy, but to no avail.  I finally began showing her the 
nasty stuff and telling her pfui.  Finally she went into the 
bedroom, got up on the bed where my retired dog was lying, and 
sought solace from him, I think.  I put her in her crate, and she 
willingly went in.  What can I do? How can I make her stop doing 
this? I'm afraid she will get sick.    Debby and Neena