[NAGDU] Not impressed at all with Leader Dogs

[Jordan Gallacher]

Oh, I forgot to add that Belto was very nearly attacked at a farmers market
a few weeks ago and that is when he started odd behaviors.
Jordan

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From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Nancy VanderBrink via
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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Not impressed at all with Leader Dogs

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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