[nagdu] I gotta go out - Claire Rose

[Danielle Ledet]

Hey I like that. think I will do tht with next pup.

On 8/7/15, David via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> One of the first things I wanted to do after we got home from GDF
> earlier this month was to train my new guide dog to let me know when she
> wanted to go out.  I hung a small cowbell on the door handle, placed my
> fist above the bell and said, "Ring the bell."  I repeated this three
> times, treating each time Clarie Rose rang the bell. Then I said, "Ring
> the bell." without marking the bell with my fist.   It took a couple of
> repeats as she figured out what to do.  When she rang the bell, I
> treated and praised her.  We repeated that about four times.  Each time
> when I  went out to relieve her after that, I said, "Ring the bell." and
> didn't open the door until she rang the bell.  She picked that up pretty
> quickly.  After two days of doing that, I took her to the door and said,
> "Ring the bell for busy-busy."  Now when she starts fidgeting I say,
> "Ring the bell if you need to busy-busy."   That was two days ago.
> We're now working on the next step.  I suspect that she will start
> ringing the bell on her own after a few more days as she closes in on
> the association. I will add treats back in at first when she does this.
> We had done this with another dog that was a pet, but I have to say, it
> took a lot longer to get that pup to ring the bell completely on her own.
>
> Claire is one smart cookie, though.  I did the same thing with traffic
> crossing buttons, but it only took one lesson on one intersection and
> four tries.  She now drags me to the pole with the buttons at any
> intersection with the command, "Find the button." ... even when the
> intersection is configured differently. Fortunately, they put the two
> intersection buttons on the same pole down here.  We'll deal with left
> and right buttons when we encounter that, I guess.  We use the same
> command for elevator buttons and she is a whiz.
>
> I'm pretty proud of her, can't you tell?
>
> David and Claire Rose in Clearwater, FL
>
> On 8/7/2015 1:06 PM, Kaye Kipp via nagdu wrote:
>> I know a puppy raiser who puts the bell on the door and the dog goes to
>> the
>> door and rings it.  I'm not sure how she trains them to do it though, but
>> if
>> it's hanging down on the door, it's easily accessible.
>>
>> Kaye
>>
>
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Danielle

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