[NAGDU] Keeping the dog entertained

Danielle Ledet singingmywayin at gmail.com
Thu Apr 9 02:18:21 UTC 2020


We play hide and seek sometimes. Adds a new dimension to playtime. Put
dog at sit stay and then go somewhere in the house to hide. Call dog
and prayise and/or treat for dog finding you. Ellie loves it!

On 4/8/20, Rox Homstad via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray via
>> NAGDU
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2020 5:01 PM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> Cc: cindyray at gmail.com
>> 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
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 10:58 AM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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