[nagdu] Doggie distraction... success?

[Deanna Lewis]

Hi Abby,
I am just curious if you do anything to discourage Jada from growling? Do you correct her verbally or with a leash correction? Or something else? Like I said, I am just curious, because luckily, I have not had this issue, but it may arise someday. Actually, I have heard Pascal growl once. I was babysitting my friend's Jack Russell and he tried to eat Pascal's food, so Pascal growled a little at him. Other than that, he has not growled since. He does sometimes growl when playing tug too. He is not protective of his food at all, in fact if my cat is near his food (trying to eat it), Pascal will be scared to approach the cat. He was terrified of a teeny tiny kitten at a camp once, who always tried to eat his food. I had to hold the cat for the entire time he ate, LOL
Deanna and Pascal

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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Abigail Bolling via nagdu
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 10:37 AM
To: Daryl Marie; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Doggie distraction... success?

Jada is the same way. today she decided to run me straight in to one of my friends who has a service dog. Thank goodness Alex understood why Jada wanted to say hi to his pup, Carlos and he watched me while I corrected Jada. Then he offered to let me try to walk by again to make sure the problem was taken care of. 
There are certain dogs on campus, including the new puppies who are in training, that jada will walk past with no acknowledgment, but there are others which make the tail wag wildly and she will whine a bit. Still others she will bark and and quite frankly growl. (that dog did try to attack her though) I think it really does depend on the dog and the relationship your dog has with the strange, or sometimes not so strange other pup.

Thanks,

Abby and Sleepy Jada

Abigail BOlling
Wright State University: Social Work
“Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just let the music play.” (Julie Anderson-Diamond, Nov 15, 1962-Feb 22, 2014) On Oct 1, 2014, at 9:42 AM, Daryl Marie via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi!
> Jenny has an inconsistent dog distraction; sometimes she will completely ignore another dog, and sometimes she thinks that even though she's working that it's a great idea to say hello and not listen.
> 
> Yesterday was definitely a "greet every other dog!" day... but I don't know what to make of today.
> 
> This morning we got on the bus, and there was a little dog in a carrier.  Jenny took me right to the dog, but she was very calm and listened to my command to find a seat on the crowded bus.  She sat on the steps and calmly waited, but sniffed the air around the other dog, who was sitting across the aisle and down a couple of rows. She did stay calm, no whining, no tail-wagging, or anything.  When it was my stop, then - and only then - did she try and check out the other dog.  She sniffed some, wagged her tail, but then listened when I told her to leave it and find the door.
> 
> I'm not sure what I think about all this this morning... I know others have spoken to me about dog distractions...
> 
> Daryl and Jenny (who is playing with her food puzzle)
> 
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