[NAGDU] Fear of skateboards

[Tracy Carcione]

I don't have much useful to say you haven't tried.  Have you asked your
school for ideas?
My dog Echo never really loved traveling to new places, and, as she got
older, her dislike of new places got more intense.  I don't know why, but I
do think older dogs can be more anxious about things they used to just not
like but could deal with.
Good luck.
Tracy


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Subject: [NAGDU] Fear of skateboards

My  guide dog was startled by a skateboarder  one morning and has  become
increasingly  anxious when she  sees  people  riding (or even carrying)
skateboards. There  are a group of guys who  come to the  parking lot of a
building across the street from where we live  to skateboard  every  Sat.
and Sun.  They have been doing this for years and she has seen them riding
around and jumping  plenty of times. Now, she  gets  nervous and distracted
when she sees them or if we encounter other skateboarders while on walks. We
live near a university so  this happens more  often than it might
otherwise.  My husband and I are trying to  get her comfortable with them
again, at a distance and using treats.  She is really weirded out, though. I
would appreciate anyone's advice on how you might approach this or hearing
about experiences with your dogs and skateboards. I don't know how common
this might be.  Its always amazing how  years of  neutral (or even positive)
experiences  with something can
  seemingly be wiped out by one negative experience.  My dog was somewhat
sensitive to   things that looked weird to her when I  first got her.  She
seemed to   get past that fora few years.  This started to happen again
during the past year. She just turned eight.  I'm worried that this is going
to start happening more often with more things.                 

Thanks,
Carmella

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