[nagdu] Crosswalk light success!

[Daryl Marie]

I would love to be able to do something similar with Jenny - let her sniff around the base of a pole - but her lovely scrounging habit (NOT!) makes such a reward risky.

Daryl and the non-sniffy Jenny dog
----- Original Message -----
From: Raven Tolliver via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>, NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:57:40 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Crosswalk light success!

Tracy,
I applaud you're unconventional method of rewarding your dog
in-harness. While the schools discourage behaviors like sniffing
in-harness, I think this is quite a reasonable allowance. It's great
that you realize that sniffing is just as rewarding and relieving to
your dog as a food reward, and that you use that to your advantage.


On 6/5/14, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Ben's reward for finding the crosswalk pole on command is he gets to give it
>
> a good sniff.
> Tracy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Heaps via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> To: "Daryl Marie" <crazymusician at shaw.ca>; "NAGDU Mailing List,the National
>
> Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 12:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Crosswalk light success!
>
>
>> Yay!
>>
>> I taught Chase "Find the button".  He likes that game because it means
>> treats.  But now he finds every button, even when I don't give the
>> command. Better all than none, I suppose.
>>
>> He also sometimes gets locked onto the dog urine odors at the base of the
>>
>> pole and doesn't look up for his treat.
>>
>> Craig and Chase
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Daryl Marie via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 7:10 AM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Crosswalk light success!
>>
>>
>>> Hey!
>>> Ever since training with Jenny, we have struggled with scrounging (I've
>>> posted about this).  One of her favorite scrounging/sniffing places is at
>>>
>>> the base of crosswalk light poles (where you push the button to change
>>> the light).  On a whim on Monday night, I got off the bus one stop early
>>>
>>> to do some work with her on finding these posts.  It wasn't pretty.
>>> Me: Jenn, find the post.
>>> Jenny (misses the post entirely and goes around the corner)
>>> Me: Not quite, my  girl.  Let's try again.
>>> We turn around, Jenny goes right past the post while I flail around
>>> trying to find it.
>>> Rinse, lather, repeat.
>>> Third time:
>>> me: Jenny, find the post.
>>> Jenny finds the post but starts scrounging.
>>> Me: Good post, nose up.
>>> We take the corner again, turn around.
>>> Me: Jenny, find the post.
>>> Jenny finds the post, her shoulders right below the button, her nose is
>>> up.
>>> Me (throwing a fiesta): YAY!  Good girl!
>>>
>>> Now for the past three days, every time I ask for a post, she has found
>>> it perfectly and kept her nose up!  Her tail wags even before I praise
>>> her, because she knows she's done good!
>>>
>>> SO proud!
>>>
>>> Still need a little work on scrounging in general, but this is SO good!
>>>
>>> Hope this encourages those who are struggling with distractions or
>>> scrounging that it can be done.
>>>
>>> Daryl
>>>
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Raven

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