[nagdu] Doggie excitement?

[Nicole Torcolini]

I kind of have a similar  problem with Lexia when she sees my parents.
However, it is only when she has not seen them in a while, and she calms
down after a few minutes with them. She knows that they will be waiting for
us when we get off of the airplane. We have figured out how to handle the
situation, though. Instead of being in plain sight where Lexia can make a
bee line for them, they kind of hide off to the side. When Lexia does not
see them right away, she slows down. They then try to appear somewhere
rather close to me so that Lexia does not have time to pick up speed again.
I usually tell her to sit, which helps. It also helps if the person to whom
the dog is drawn shows that he/she does not like the behavior.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Raven Tolliver
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 8:42 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Doggie excitement?

Barb and Jewel are right on with the positive reinforcement and negative
punishment.
Also, there is a difference for some dogs between working on meeting people
in general, and encountering or returning to people the dog recognizes. For
instance, the Golden Guy is very calm and laid-back when encountering and
interacting with most strangers and acquaintances in harness. However, he
loves my roommate, and becomes very excited if he sees her while we're out
and about. looking back or off to the side at her and pulling toward her. I
do not allow this.
But rather than physically correcting him, we stop working right quick and
do a mini obedience routine. I drop the harness and get him to focus on me.
I call his name, or offer my fist and give the "touch"
cue. When I've got him, I ask for a sit or a down. Or, I move my hand around
while giving the touch cue, so he has to focus on me to locate my hand and
receive physical and verbal praise. Of course, when our relationship was
newer, I totally used treats for these situations.
Sometimes, we can't stop. And in these instances, I simply talk him through
it. If he continues looking at or pulling toward my roommate, I direct him
with the leash or verbally whether it's "forward" or "left."
It would be hard to set up practice sessions for this behavior unless Jenny
is excited every time your husband approaches whether you're at home or not.
I'm guessing that she doesn't get so excited unless you or your husband are
returning and she hasn't seen him for a while.
That's how it works with the Golden Guy anyway.
The key here is to take advantage of the moment. And when the occasion
arises, teach Jenny what you want her to do when she's in harness and sees
your husband. What can she do that will yield a reward? Leave it?
Sit?

On 2/26/14, Larry D. Keeler <lkeeler at comcast.net> wrote:
> I always just give Holly a couple of stern corrections and hold the 
> harrness
>
> very tight. Holly does this with both of the kids. But, I'm big enough 
> that
>
> if I don't want Holly to go anywhere, she won't!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daryl Marie" <crazymusician at shaw.ca>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 5:21 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] Doggie excitement?
>
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Question for you all.
>>
>> Jenny is always very VERY excited to see my husband when she is in 
>> harness. She wants to say hello, whines, wags her tail, and pulls me 
>> toward him.  Does anyone have any pointers?  I have stood over her 
>> (her body laying down, one foot on either side of her), and that 
>> seems to help,
>>
>> but she still really really really wants to see him.  I do see 
>> improvement
>>
>> every time she knows she's not going to get what she wants (if she 
>> acts like this, she won't get her harness off to say hi in the car, 
>> for example), but any other advice would be helpful!
>>
>> Daryl and the happy social Jenny
>>
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