[NAGDU] Arizona

[Raul A. Gallegos]

Hello there, one thing that I would recommend is every time you are about to start working with your dog, make sure that you and her are synchronized. Just after putting on her harness, do a quick set of obedience, make it fun. I don't know which all commands you normally do for obedience with her, but a set of the most popular ones you use will help. In my case with my dog Larry, we have fun doing the touch and the down command. So I will frequently raise my voice in a sort of singsong and make it fun and have him do those things to make sure that he and I are on the same page and are communicating. Then sometimes that random while we are walking even if we are in the middle of a block, I will have him stop sit, touch, down, etc. and he may or may not get a treat for it. The end result with my dog is that it helps him keep his attention focused on me and on our work. It comes in to fruition later on when we are out in public and there might be other distractions. I might all of a sudden tell him to do the touch command or the sit command and he may remember that those are fun things that we do. So it helps to redirect his focus.

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> On Feb 26, 2017, at 3:55 PM, d m gina via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi there
> I had a chance to go to Arizona where my girl is making me feel I am not safe and want to know how to build up the confidence again walking up to curbs.
> When folks give her eye contact her training goes out the window.
> Then she gives a jerk and down I go off curbs.
> It has been three times now, where I called the school to ask how many times do I need to fall off a curb before I brake a hip.
> I am still waiting for a reply to see how we can fix the problem.
> 
> I asked if I could bring her back and we stay for a week so we can work together again?
> I also asked if they would consider a male dog for me?
> She is a good dog when we are on a one to one, get her in the crowd and wow all brakes loose.
> You just don't know what is going to happen next.
> I feel much of her stuff should be learned by now being together a year and a half or so.
> She thinks all is a game, and she will work when she is ready.
> She does fly well pleased about that.
> She doesn't like it when they go to wond her, she wants to get away.
> I even went to Jay not Ray. They asked me if I wanted to talk to Ray and I said no, I don't feel this is my fault.
> When folks look at her I make her sit.
> She does wear the gentle leader.
> Not to her liking loll.
> She wants everyone to feel sorry for her, where I tell her aint no one going to feel sorry for you.
> We want you to be a good girl.
> 
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