[nagdu] barking in harness?

[Daryl Marie]

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

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> 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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