[nagdu] I gotta go out - Claire Rose

[Nancy VanderBrink]

Perhaps this is a silly question, but would someone be able to tell me where I could find a bill like this?

Thanks,
Nancy V. Irwin
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> On Aug 7, 2015, at 4:11 PM, Danielle Ledet via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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