[nagdu] Wanting to Chase all moving animals, especially small ones...

[rhonda cruz]

 hi hanna,
 remember in class, they told us.
 that our dogs, would look at other pets.
 keep on working with her.
 try the leave it command.

 glad princess is doing better.
 hugs,

On Apr 23, 2012, at 12:51 AM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:

> Hannah,
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> Sounds like my dog and pidgins. If there is a pidgin anywhere near my dog, he is completely distracted, and won't work. To a lesser extent, other dogs will distract him as well. However, for some strange reason, other guide dogs don't distract him.
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> Mark
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at gmail.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 1:42 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Wanting to Chase all moving animals,especially small ones...
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>> Hey all,
>> Just wanted to keep you updated, Princess seems to be doing better with the
>> new food although she is still having the mixture of both plus water which
>> seems to be doing some amazing work!
>> Now to the fun part, and please don't think I'm finding every reason to
>> complain about my dog because I'm not; it's just that I've never had any
>> pets in my life and as much as Princess is a working dog, she is still a dog
>> with many pet dog behaviors. I feel like we are bonding very well, and I
>> adore her dearly, but there are things I don't think should happen when
>> we're out and about.
>> My point is that she can get super easily distracted by small animals such
>> as a cat or a squarrel. Believe me, I've done a lot of correction work, but
>> there have been a few times where she doesn't seem to realize I'm there;
>> it's just her and whatever she's staring at. There were times I've literally
>> had to drag her away which I don't think is particularly safe to do.
>> I've done some work with her where I set things up, but she knows she is
>> being set up to do it and she does it well.
>> Does anyone else seem to have trouble in this area?
>> It seems to me that everyone on the list has amazing dogs, and I feel like
>> all I do is complain about mine... hopefully I'm not expecting too much from
>> Princess.
>> Best, Hannah
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