[NAGDU] Help with obedience

[Danielle burton]

Hi, I have had those types of issues with my dog and have found a few things that seem to work pretty well. What I do is if Willa drops her head to sniff something I firmly tell her no and if she immediately looks back up I immediately praise her. If not I give her a leash correction and as soon as she's lifted her nose and moving again I give her lots of praise. Also, once I have her attention at the next opportunity such as stopping at a curb, step or something I will give her a treat to help motivate her to focus on her work. If you have any questions feel free to contact me off list.  

Danielle Burton, Secretary of the National Federation of the Blind Deaf-Blind Division
Email: danielleburton94 at gmail.com 

On Oct 28, 2016 4:07 PM, d m gina via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> just feel she needs more training. 
> We see a pole and we have to go sniff it, even when you have her sit. 
> We also love to sniff people, oh yes this is wonderful. 
> New people especially. 
> We also love to put our nose in a gutter. 
> Even though you have the collar on. 
> She does what she wishes and you can take a hike. 
>
> Original message: 
> > Hi Dar. 
> > Obedience is generally helpful, as I need to remind myself regularly.  What 
> > kind of help with OB do you want to get?  I've occasionally asked my husband 
> > to help with OB by being a distraction.  I get mixed results when I ask 
> > people to help, though.  The people get riled when I need to correct the 
> > dog.  Still, maybe I'll have my husband drop a napkin while I do OB with 
> > Krokus.  The ridiculous puppy has a big thing about napkins. 
> > Tracy 
>
>
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dar via NAGDU 
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 9:08 AM 
> > To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users 
> > Cc: Dar 
> > Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Trip journal 
>
> > I like that idea. 
> > I hope with patients he will get better. Many times I find it is hard when I 
> > truly can't hold my dog and she gets stronger than I am I hope she will out 
> > grow this as she gets older. 
> > I also wondered if I tried to get help with obedience here would that help? 
>
>
> > Dar 
> > Every Saint has a past, 
> > Every sinner has a future, Sent from my iPad 
>
> >> On Oct 26, 2016, at 6:37 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
> > wrote: 
>
> >> I was grumbling to a friend about my problems with Krokus, and she 
> > suggested 
> >> I keep a trip journal.  I write down the trip, some of the highlights and 
> >> lowlights, and give it a rating. 
>
> >> It seems kinda useful, so I mention it to the list.  I can look back at 
> > the 
> >> last few days and see any patterns, and record what's working and what's 
> >> not. 
>
> >> I'm not sure about the rating, though.  Krokus tends to be a slow starter. 
> >> He screws around when we're starting out, then he gets in a groove and is 
> >> good.  So the first part of a trip could be a 2 or 3, then the rest could 
> > be 
> >> a 7. 
>
> >> Then I ask myself, what's my scale?  Really, my expectation is that a 
> > guide 
> >> dog would attend to guiding most of the time, only sniffing or getting 
> >> distracted a little bit.  So is that a 5, average, or a 9, with 10 being 
> > for 
> >> outstanding behavior, like a traffic check?  When Krokus actually goes a 
> >> whole trip without balking or sniffing, I'm so amazed I give him a high 
> >> rating, but I think I'm inflating his grades a bit. 
>
> >> Anyway, there it is, for whatever it's worth. 
>
> >> Tracy 
>
>
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