[nagdu] Doggie excitement?

[sheila]

I'm glad that things are going well for you guys. I'm still working on 
doggie excitement with tres.
On 3/20/2014 9:32 AM, Daryl Marie wrote:
> Hi!
> Just a quick update on this.  Jenny's gotten LOADS better when she sees my husband.  We've started practicing at home having him come out and meet us at the door, and my telling Jenny to sit and stay. if she's still too hyper, I actually tell her "I need you to calm down", and she will calm right down - the tail slows down or stops completely - and she is focused on what I'm telling her.
>
> Yesterday Hubby came to my office to drop off something, and while I knew Jenny was happy to see him, she was calm and collected... we even went out of the building together, and she was focused on my commands and DID NOT keep turning back to watch hubby!
>
> I know we have a bit of work to go, but I am SO proud of my girl!
>
> Daryl and Jenny
> ----- 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: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:21:33 -0700 (MST)
> Subject: 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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