[NAGDU] Not impressed at all with Leader Dogs

[Nancy VanderBrink]

Have you tried a prong collar?

Please forgive the typos as this message was most likely generated using voice dictation
Nancy Irwin


> On Jul 9, 2018, at 4:51 PM, Jordan Gallacher via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> The subject says it all.  Leader Dogs is up to not listening nor taking the
> problem seriously again regarding Belto's aggressive behaviors around other
> dogs sometimes.  Suggestions?  They are down to one field rep as some of us
> might be aware of.  .  Last night was the exact situation I have been
> worrying about where he tries to attack another dog and nothing works to put
> a stop to it except for getting physical with my dog, which is exactly what
> I ended up having to do.  Other times the dog or dogs are behind fences and
> it took both me and the girlfriend I had at the time to literally drag him
> out of those situations.  His work is great otherwise, but none of the usual
> methods work on Belto since he is so strong willed.  Leader is also failing
> to realize that there is a big difference between when Belto wants to play
> with another dog and when he is being aggressive.  Usually, if Belto is
> going to be aggressive, I am quite close to the other dog before he shows
> any interest where as if he wants to play, he will start picking up the pace
> and pulling more a bit of a distance from the other dog.  That case, hop up
> and/or a correction works every single time to get his head on straight.
> 
> Jordan
> 
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