[NAGDU] Keeping the dog entertained

[Rox Homstad]

Tracy,
So Phoenix has been leading me by the hand since she was big enough to reach it. I'm not surprised as her mother also does this and all of her siblings do. She sometimes will get bored and lead me to the fridge, and usually if she does I will laugh and say nice try! Then she spins me around and leads me to the treat jar on the stove.   She had just barely begun learning guide work positioning before all of this started and one of the issues we were having is that she wants to lead me around by the hand in public, but especially going up the steps.  She was getting so good at remembering that we face forward when out in public but now after so much time at home this might not be the case any more. Haha


Rox'E and the Kitchen Bitches
Soleil, Rowan, Phoenix
pawpower4me at gmail.com

> On Apr 8, 2020, at 8:30 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Krokus would love a pet!  He can't even go down a few blocks to visit his
> shepherd girlfriends, poor guy.
> 
> Rox, hoof hockey sounds like a blast.  And that's so sweet, your golden
> puppy taking your hand and leading you to whatever sound she's alerting to.
> I think Krokus would be taking my hand and leading me to the kibble barrel.
> 
> Danielle, those are some good ideas.  Maybe I could teach Krokus to locate
> dropped objects.  I am working on making him wait for my OK before we go out
> in the backyard.  He tends to get overexcited about that.  And we're working
> on straight street crossings, less sniffiness, and good harness positioning.
> 
> Stay safe everyone.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Keeping the dog entertained
> 
> I think I have the perfecdt answer to your problem. Get Krokus a pet! Look
> at what fun Rox's dogs have. LOL. Fisher is so old I think he sleeps away
> the boredom.
> 
> Cindy Lou Ray
> cindyray at gmail.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via NAGDU
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> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> Subject: [NAGDU] Keeping the dog entertained
> 
> I'd be interested to hear how people are keeping the dog entertained in this
> time of lockdowns.  
> 
> I am working from home full-time.  Before, I was working from home 3 days a
> week, but we had 2 days of going into New York, which kept us both sharp.
> Now, I try to take a walk every day it's not actually raining.  However, I
> keep away from the main streets, because Krokus naturally has no idea about
> social distancing, and there are still some people walking around on the
> main drag.  There are some on the backstreets too, but I can hear them
> before we come up to them, so we don't get too close.  It does rather limit
> our walks, though.  I try to go around the big circle different ways, make
> different turns, etc, but it's still the same big circle, and he knows it.
> 
> I've also started taking Krokus into the backyard on his Flexi-leash.  On
> his own, he always eats bark and dirt, then throws it up at 3 AM.  On his
> Flexi, I can keep him away from those snacks, and he seems to enjoy having a
> nice sniff around.
> 
> And of course we have some play sessions.  But I still think he's a bit
> bored (as are many of us.)
> 
> Tracy
> 
> 
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