[NAGDU] Not impressed at all with Leader Dogs

[Jordan Gallacher]

They definitely know that and it was blown off as no big deal.
Jordan

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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Not impressed at all with Leader Dogs

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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