[nagdu] Crosswalk light success!

[Cindy Ray]

If you use letting the dog sniff as a reward, then how does that dog differentiate between being allowed to do so and not? 

Cindy 
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On Jun 6, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Daryl Marie via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I would love to be able to do something similar with Jenny - let her sniff around the base of a pole - but her lovely scrounging habit (NOT!) makes such a reward risky.
> 
> Daryl and the non-sniffy Jenny dog
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Raven Tolliver via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> To: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>, NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:57:40 -0600 (MDT)
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Crosswalk light success!
> 
> Tracy,
> I applaud you're unconventional method of rewarding your dog
> in-harness. While the schools discourage behaviors like sniffing
> in-harness, I think this is quite a reasonable allowance. It's great
> that you realize that sniffing is just as rewarding and relieving to
> your dog as a food reward, and that you use that to your advantage.
> 
> 
> On 6/5/14, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Ben's reward for finding the crosswalk pole on command is he gets to give it
>> 
>> a good sniff.
>> Tracy
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Craig Heaps via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "Daryl Marie" <crazymusician at shaw.ca>; "NAGDU Mailing List,the National
>> 
>> Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 12:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Crosswalk light success!
>> 
>> 
>>> Yay!
>>> 
>>> I taught Chase "Find the button".  He likes that game because it means
>>> treats.  But now he finds every button, even when I don't give the
>>> command. Better all than none, I suppose.
>>> 
>>> He also sometimes gets locked onto the dog urine odors at the base of the
>>> 
>>> pole and doesn't look up for his treat.
>>> 
>>> Craig and Chase
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Daryl Marie via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 7:10 AM
>>> Subject: [nagdu] Crosswalk light success!
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hey!
>>>> Ever since training with Jenny, we have struggled with scrounging (I've
>>>> posted about this).  One of her favorite scrounging/sniffing places is at
>>>> 
>>>> the base of crosswalk light poles (where you push the button to change
>>>> the light).  On a whim on Monday night, I got off the bus one stop early
>>>> 
>>>> to do some work with her on finding these posts.  It wasn't pretty.
>>>> Me: Jenn, find the post.
>>>> Jenny (misses the post entirely and goes around the corner)
>>>> Me: Not quite, my  girl.  Let's try again.
>>>> We turn around, Jenny goes right past the post while I flail around
>>>> trying to find it.
>>>> Rinse, lather, repeat.
>>>> Third time:
>>>> me: Jenny, find the post.
>>>> Jenny finds the post but starts scrounging.
>>>> Me: Good post, nose up.
>>>> We take the corner again, turn around.
>>>> Me: Jenny, find the post.
>>>> Jenny finds the post, her shoulders right below the button, her nose is
>>>> up.
>>>> Me (throwing a fiesta): YAY!  Good girl!
>>>> 
>>>> Now for the past three days, every time I ask for a post, she has found
>>>> it perfectly and kept her nose up!  Her tail wags even before I praise
>>>> her, because she knows she's done good!
>>>> 
>>>> SO proud!
>>>> 
>>>> Still need a little work on scrounging in general, but this is SO good!
>>>> 
>>>> Hope this encourages those who are struggling with distractions or
>>>> scrounging that it can be done.
>>>> 
>>>> Daryl
>>>> 
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