[nagdu] scavenging?

Mon Sep 8 16:29:35 UTC 2014

Just be careful though with that GL and a taught leash though. I don't
have anything helpful to contribute I think Darryl has it covered. I
did, though have a dog who barked at a knock on the door and
approaching people outside the house and nothing I did could eradicate
that. She could be calmed though and would quiet if corrected
immediately. I just embraced it as who she was and she was an
excellent dog.

Danielle

On 9/8/14, Daryl Marie via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Abby,
>
> yeah, I didn't think yearly vaccines would cause problems, but for the first
> 2-3 weeks after Jenn's vaccines it was like she did a complete regression;
> it was like we had not spent hours working on distractions, scavenging,
> hubby excitement.
> For next year I am going to have my vet run a Titer test to see if she would
> still have immunities; that way she won't be over-vaccinated.
>
> If you're using a halti, in theory Jada wouldn't be able to scrounge... When
> I first started using a Halti with Jenny, I wasn't familiar with her head
> movement, so she had some success, but then I tightened it and kept the
> leash fairly taut, and now she cannot scrounge while wearing it.
>
> Daryl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Abigail Bolling <violingirl30794 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: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 10:00:04 -0600 (MDT)
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] scavenging?
>
> Daryl,
> Jada has had her yearly vaccinations a few weeks ago, but I didn't think
> that would cause this. Now that I look at the timeline, she has been more
> food grabby since her shots. She is on a medication for hip displatia but
> she's been on that for about a year or so.
> She has always had a problem with sniffing, and some grabbing things when I
> got her.
> Chewy things seem to attract her attention. Popcorn, bread crust, meat fat,
> french fries, and other things that are frequently dropped in the college
> cafeteria!
>
> I have tried a halti, a GL, and another kind of halter. nothing has seemed
> to stop her. Unfamiliar places she gets worse,
>
> Abigail Bolling
> Wright State University: Social Work
>
> "Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just let the music
> play." (Julie Anderson Diamond)
>
>> On Sep 8, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Daryl Marie via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Abby!
>> Jenny LOVES popcorn, too! She has a dive that she does especially for
>> popcorn.
>>
>> I know it's embarrassing!
>>
>> You mentioned a Gentle Leader.  Have you tried a Halti? It gives you a bit
>> more control over her head movements, and may make things a bit easier on
>> you.
>>
>> Are you able to take her to an unfamiliar place and play the Leave-it game
>> with her?  I tried doing this with Jenny and it made a big difference; at
>> home/work, she won't try and pick up the popcorn/bread/tomato, but in an
>> unfamiliar environment she might, so it was a great training exercise for
>> her to go somewhere she's never been (a friend's apartment, etc.) and work
>> with ehr on that.
>>
>> Are there certain things she does that indicate to you that she's about to
>> scrounge?  Once you stop her before she starts, the behavior should
>> improve.
>>
>> Has this been an ongoing issue for her, or is it new?  Has she had success
>> scrounging somewhere before?  Have you kept her on the same food, switched
>> food, or given her vaccines or medications recently? Are there certain
>> foods/items that are a particular struggle for her to resist?
>>
>> I hope these questions/suggestions help!
>>
>> Feel free to write me offlist: crazymusician at shaw.ca
>>
>> Daryl and Jenny
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Abigail Bolling via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> To: the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:35:33 -0600 (MDT)
>> Subject: [nagdu] scavenging?
>>
>> Hi all!
>>
>> At the risk of me sounding like I want a super dog, I have a serious
>> question for you guys.
>> Situation: I walk in to my bio lecture, and there is popcorn all over the
>> floor from movie night on saturday! ′I was grosed out by this fact! I
>> mean, do they not clean?′ Anyway, Jada decided to have a snack. No amount
>> of correcting got her to leave it alone. I was humiliated even though
>> class had not started yet.
>> My professor actually had to come over and help me first pull jada away
>> from the popcorn and then clean it up. Every time I tried to clean it up,
>> Jada would go back to eating some I had not gotten to yet.
>> She does this even with the GL on!
>> A lot of people just say that she's hungry, but I'm giving her almost 4
>> cups of food a day! ′high amount because she is working a lot!
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thank you all! And like I said, I don't expect my dog to be super picture
>> perfect, but she is grabbing things so much and not listening to
>> corrections and I don't want her to grab something that will make her
>> really really sick.
>> Thanks!
>> Abby and the Hungry hungry Jada!
>>
>> Abigail Bolling
>> Wright State University: Social Work
>>
>> "Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just let the
>> music play." (Julie Anderson Diamond)
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