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Help with mothers service dog (self.Blind)
submitted 8y ago by [deleted]
Hello. 6 years ago my mother lost almost all of her vision due to complications with grave's disease. She has very limited (around 5%) vision in her peripheral of one eye, the other has zero vision. About a year after losing her sight she went to a prestigious school in California and trained and received a beautiful service dog. Since then the dogs training and discipline have been rapidly declining. She started off walking and taking the dog everywhere and is was very well behaved.
Over the years she has become less active and interested in going places on her own, the dogs behavior inside the the house has completely fallen apart, it jumps on people, nips people, destroys things in the house. When it is "working" it is pulling her around, sniffing/scrounging for food on the floor in public areas, barking at other dogs. She will not listen to any of my siblings criticism regarding the dog or its behavior... and we are all afraid it is going to get her hurt. I was wondering if any of you had some advise?
Over the years she has become less active and interested in going places on her own, the dogs behavior inside the the house has completely fallen apart, it jumps on people, nips people, destroys things in the house. When it is "working" it is pulling her around, sniffing/scrounging for food on the floor in public areas, barking at other dogs. She will not listen to any of my siblings criticism regarding the dog or its behavior... and we are all afraid it is going to get her hurt. I was wondering if any of you had some advise?
Dicentrina 1 points
Just a thought. Is it possible your mom may be having depression issues? If she's doing less, and it's not some health issue with the dog, it might be she's not giving the dog as much attention due to depression. Many vision-impaired people suffer from it.
bondolo 1 points
This is a difficult thing. Your mom no doubt depends upon the dog for her mobility but you are right to expect better behaviour. Talk to graduate services at the school. You don't have to identify who your mom is. Once you are comfortable with what they suggest as a way work on the dog's behaviour you can talk to your mom and possibly get the school directly involved.
This is fixable. Dogs are adaptable and good behaviour can be restablished. A dog is always willing to follow the rules of it's "pack leader". It will require consistency and discipline from whoever is in charge of the dog.
This is fixable. Dogs are adaptable and good behaviour can be restablished. A dog is always willing to follow the rules of it's "pack leader". It will require consistency and discipline from whoever is in charge of the dog.
angelcake 1 points
Everything you said. To add to that, it strikes me that mom and the dog both need a refresher course. A properly trained dog is all about a human who knows what they're doing.
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