[nagdu] Engaging distractors

[Kaye Kipp]

I try to get past the distractor.  But sometimes if the distractor, (person)
starts petting my dog, I have to engage to tell the person not to pet my
dog.

What I really hate is when I'm trying to hop my dog up past a person and
he/she says, "Oh, she's fine.  She just smells my dog," or something like
that.  

Kaye

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Subject: [nagdu] Engaging distractors

I usually don't try to engage with people who are distracting my dog.  I'm
so concentrated on controlling my wild young beast and getting him back on
track that I don't think of it, really.  I tend to treat human distractors
like yapping dogs or scampering squirrels, I guess.

Last night, we ate at our local diner, and, as I was working Krokus through
the tables, where he is very apt to be distracted by food, some guy we were
passing was saying "Hi buddy!", more than once.  I told Krokus softly but
sharply to hopp up, and moved him on past and out the door.  Then I wondered
if I should have tried to engage the guy and explain to him why distracting
my dog was a bad idea.

I wouldn't do it in New York City, probably, but my neighborhood here in
Jersey isn't so fast-paced.

What do other people do?

Tracy

 

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