[NAGDU] Dog Distractions

[S L Johnson]

Hi Jordan,

It is upsetting to know that despite the dog behaving in such a manner
towards other dogs the school put Belto out anyway.  To me this seems like a
very irresponsible decision.  If your dog has been doing this all his life
there probably isn't much you can do to control it.  The schools should be
much more careful about the dogs they put out.  When you had the problems on
class they should have immediately given you a different dog and not send
you home to deal with it on your own.  If the school will not help then your
only choice would be to hire your own animal behavior expert and hope they
can help you solve the problem.  Unfortunately the reality is that you might 
have to make the very difficult decision to return Belto to the school and 
request another dog without dog distraction issues.  Good luck.

Sandra and Eva

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jordan Gallacher via NAGDU
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 2:21 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Cc: Jordan Gallacher
Subject: [NAGDU] Dog Distractions

I am having a bit of a problem with Belto that even the school cannot figure
out how to solve.  I received Belto last February, and even during training,
he would lunge at and/or try to chase other dogs possibly trying to attack
them.  My instructor during class did nothing to work on this behavior nor
did he give me any suggestions on how to solve the issue or at least calm it
down a bit.  Everytime I have contacted the school about the issue, I get a
different answer, and since my instructor I had in class is also my field
rep, I am not getting anywhere when it comes to solving Belto's behavior
around other dogs.  Anyone have any suggestions on what I can try to calm
this problem a bit?  I have tried the gentle leader, but that does not seem
to be solving the problem other than being able to tell what he is doing
sooner.

Thanks,

Jordan and Belto

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