[nagdu] taking the day off?

[Hannah Chadwick]

Thank you all. Princess does get new routs and she often (most of the time
to be exact) does brilliantly. I'm just wondering why she sometimes doesn't
seem to want to work but perhaps she wasn't feeling well and didn't have any
outside symptoms.

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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Ava Foster
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 12:36 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] taking the day off?

Based on my experience with ( pet ) poodles, they like and seem to thrive on
challenges. Does Princess get to do anything that might take her a lot of
thougt, or travel new routes? I know my guide, Jet, hated walking the same
route daily. She got to the point once where once she realized where we were
going ( same path as every day ) she would stop. Just stop and either look
around or toward home! Walking different ways and finding some fun,
challenging work for her always made such a difference, even if she wasn't a
poodle. She almost needed to go to places where she could show off her
skills LOL dont know if that's helpful! Ava and Cocoa

On 3/1/12, Hannah Chadwick <sparklylicious at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I realize that bonding will take a very long time but there is 
> something I see that may stay the same. Princess sometimes does not 
> seem to want to work and believe me, I've tried many things (e.g. 
> praises, corrections, coaxing,
> etc.) and nothing seems to work when she does not want to. Julie said, "
> Cooperation can't be controlled or forced.  It must come as a free 
> will donation of the heart." And that is definitely something I want. 
> I don't want to force her to do something she doesn't want to, but I 
> also don't want her to think that if she doesn't work, then I'll just let
her do whatever.
> Maybe she is depressed during those times because we're stuck in a 
> classroom all day long, or maybe she's still transitioning, whatever 
> the case... I'm just not too sure how to approach this.
> Are there times your guides don't seem to want to work? If so, how did 
> you approach it? Are there things I should try and perhaps it will get 
> to where she wants to work all the time? Sometimes it's just very 
> frustrating for me when she just wants to walk slowly along and look 
> at everything that catches her attention. She does do a lot of "air 
> scenting" and that is something I'm working on with her, but I 
> honestly don't think she is distracted during the times she does not seem
to want to work.
> Her stools are healthy and I don't believe there is anything wrong 
> with her health wise.
> Comments, advice, suggestions, experience, etc would be greatly
appreciated.
> All the best, Hannah and Princess
>
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