[nagdu] Distracted by other dogs

[d m gina]

yes I have taken my dogs to movies.
I just got home with my new dog, so haven't been to the movies yet.
I haven't been to a movie here in Montana in nine years.
I used to go all of the time in Denver.
Original message:
> Have you ever taken a dog to the movies?

>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sheri Anderson <sheri.k.anderson at gmail.com
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:04:54 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Distracted by other dogs

> Thanks for all of your suggestions.

> Actually, the trouble isn't in my office itself, but outside.
> When we
> leave the office building to walk around in downtown Nashville,
> eat
> lunch or visit local atractions, seems to be the times when she
> sees
> other service animals or pets being walked.  I suppose she has
> decided
> its her break as well.  Smile!


> On 9/18/12, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:
>  Hello,
>  Yes it is ok to get firm with your dog from time to time, even
> doing
>  obedience,
>  yes the first year is a trip to be sure.
>  Sense this is at work, I would make sure she is on leash or tie
> down in
>  the office, when you don't know when a person is coming with
> their dog
>  to your office.
>  She will settle down, just wants to make sure she knows who the
> boss is.
>  How about that, you are a boss smile.
>  Or I love to say top dog is.
>  That is you.
>  Do you ever see these folks from the job, as in meetings, or
> some kind
>  of gathering?
>  Then if you wish you could do a small bit of meet and greet,
> then they
>  settle down.
>  Just some thoughts.
>  yes we all have to try to stay on top of it all, you never know
> what
>  the dog will be coming up next.
>  I always say,
>  "You must have stayed up all night long to come up with this new
> plan.
>  Original message:
>  Good afternoon guide dog users,

>  Having been a guide dog user for eight months, I thought I was
> finally
>  over the bumps in the road.  However, in the past month or so, I
> have
>  begun to see a slight change in my guide dogs distractions with
> other
>  dogs.  During training in January she ignored other dogs
> completely.
>  During Washington Seminar in February, she was only slightly
>  interested in other dogs but her interest didn't stop our work
> in the
>  hotel.  In March, during our state convention she did fabulous,
> but
>  there were no dogs around.  In May during my transition to a new
> job,
>  she was only mildly distracted by other guide dogs or pets near
> her.

>  She is a fabulous guide, never misses a curb or a beat in high
> traffic
>  areas or crowds, and is obedient to a fault.  It has just been
> in the
>  past few weeks that she has begun to get excited when seeing
> other
>  dogs and with several guide dog users in the vicinity of my
> office,
>  this is becoming a little unsettling to me.  She will whine and
> pull
>  toward the other dog until I get forceful.

>  If anyone has any suggestions as to how to stop this behavior
> before
>  it becomes an issue, I would greatly appreciate them.  My guide
> dog is
>  a 3-year-old lab and is as gentle as a lamb.  She seems to want
> to run
>  and play, and suddenly forgets all that she is supposed to be
> doing.
>  As soon as I redirect her, she completely obeys, but I want the
>  behavior to stop completely.  Am I being unrealistic?

>  Warmly,
>  Sheri Anderson

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