[nagdu] Obedience

[Cindy Ray]

Krocus should be waiting for your commands before he does them. We always
varied the order in which we did them, and if we said down and he sat right
away, just tell him back down again. I did a lot of making Fisher sit and
walking away from him and telling him to rest. He has no reason why he
should do that. It is hard for him sometimes because of the other dogs. And
I am not as diligent as I should be either.
As for the food, it is hard to do it on the floor, but I have offered the
dog things he shouldn't have and then corrected if he tried to take it. I
think your best bet is to do the food with the help of someone, though there
are surely ways. If you are holding the leash and know the exact location of
the food, you can be watching for him to drop that head. I am using a GL in
restaurants to avoid the problem, or at least keeping the leash in one hand
and the harness in the other because I can react more quickly to his
efforts. I know that's not about obedience, but something could come of it
to make the food checks easier to do.
Cindy


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
via nagdu
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 7:41 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: [nagdu] Obedience

I am trying to be good and do my daily obedience exercises.  I try to do
them in various places.  What else have people done to jazz them up and keep
them interesting and useful?
I would like to try them with food around, but I'm not sure I can be quick
enough to keep Krokus from snatching the food without some help from
someone.  He's really fast, and getting the food would defeat the whole
purpose.  But I know it can be done, and would like to know the trick.

Tangentially, when I learned OB at GDB many moons ago, I learned to wait a
beat or two after the down before giving the sit, so the dog was responding
to the command and not anticipating.  But it seems different at TSE.  It was
down sit down sit down sit, with no real time between.  Krokus expects that,
and my classmates did it that way, so I was on my first or 2nd down/sit and
they had done 3.  Seems odd to me, because Krokus pops up a second after I
say down, thinking that's how it's done. Seems to me he should be waiting
for my command.
Tracy


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