[NAGDU] Not impressed at all with Leader Dogs

Nancy VanderBrink vandyvanderbrink at outlook.com
Mon Jul 9 21:21:02 UTC 2018


THAT is very important for them to know!

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


> On Jul 9, 2018, at 5:16 PM, Jordan Gallacher via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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> 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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