Sometimes after my day at work and on my way back walking with my 3 year old lab guide dog to home, although she is guiding me on harness, she stops me to poop and i wont have time to remove the harness. Is this acceptable ? It usually happens when during the day i give he some treats for doing a good job. Should i work to change her behaviour. I feed her twice a day and usually some treats and a dentastix during the day for good work since she has been only 2 months with me now
When this behaviour happens, its always while walking outside going back to home.
Would you not be better off asking the guide dogs for the blind? Also, if it's a problem, can you let her have a bit of free running at lunch time so she can perhaps toilet then?
I would never suggest anything, because the guide dog people have their own way of training, so suggesting anything different could confuse the dog. What I will say though, is that back in the days when I was running training classes the guide dogs people used to send their local puppy walkers along to me to get use to walking around other dogs and people. I was not allowed to do any training, except sit stays and recalls. No heelwork because a guide dog needs to be forward of where we would want a pet to walk. But what I did used to do was suggest they train a command for urinating and defecation. It's so useful if a dog will perform on command. The command I use for my dogs is "Be quick." Words you can use anywhere without attracting attention to yourself. It's simply a matter of giving the command every time the dog goes, and it will start to associate the command with the action. When I see my pup about to perfume I'll say "Be quick" and when it's finished It's "Good girl, good be quick!" in a happy voice.
John
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