[NAGDU] How to deal with a sniffer

[Tami Jarvis]

Tori,

My retired guide and current guide both do some air sniffing. Honestly, 
I don't worry about it. In fact, since dogs pick up so much information 
about the environment through their noses, I regard it as a positive. It 
doesn't impinge on their work and even seems to add to it at times.

If the air sniffing were distracting the dog from the work, I suppose I 
would treat it as any other distraction and use "Leave it. Forward," to 
get the dog back on track. Mine usually just sniff as they go. When the 
dog stops suddenly to sniff, it's turned out to be for good reason -- 
something in the environment we need to respond to -- so it's a quick 
halt then the indication from the dog that we need to go a different 
way. When I've argued with Mitzi about her decision, she's always turned 
out to be right, so now I don't argue with my dog so much. /lol/

hth,

Tami

On 04/26/2017 07:33 AM, Tori Clark via NAGDU wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Do any of you guys have any advice on controlling a dog that loves to sniff the air?
>
> Tori.
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