[NAGDU] Help with obedience

[Becky Frankeberger]

Dar, Especially several years ago many Pilot grads, and yes from other
schools, did go to obedience class or hire private trainers. There is
absolutely nothing wrong with this. You are just doing levels of obedience
maybe even getting titles on your guide dog. It has been done many many
times before.

Actually, you are admirable to be secure in yourself to say I need help. The
rest of us can just shut our mouths and encourage this for anyone courageous
to put titles on their dogs.

So go for it Dar and others with my full blessings.

Becky and Jake 

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 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


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> 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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