Blinders For A Dog

[BDAZ]

I am attending a 3 day agility trial and most of the dogs have their cages shrouded to minimize visual stimulation. The Thundercap sounds like a great idea!.

And Wiggy, you know not of what you speak.

Cya!

Bob

Edited July 20, 2014 by BDAZ

[KCF2013]

The client is quite sane, he an his family along with the dog are going thru training and the dog is also being medicated,

The dog trainer actually suggested it, in a change it may limit or eliminate the use of medication for the dog.

He is simply trying to find alternate methods to limit the visual stimulation of the dog. To make it a happiers expereince all the way around.

IF I was in the same situation I would bne seeking out alternatives as well.

[Tinkerton]

How's the project coming along?

[KCF2013]

I have some craft paper templates that I have used on our Chow Chow. with success.... will be making the move to leather prototype tomorrow once I get back to the shop.

[WScott]

Poor pup

Good for you for trying to help

[wlg190861]

I just don't believe in restricting a dogs vision will help anything, Something happened it his or her life .he is scare of something. something is making her feel insecure. vision is a god given gift. the problem lies elsewhere

[Tinkerton]

I just don't believe in restricting a dogs vision will help anything

That and a $1.50 will get you a cup of coffee. You have provided no solid argument for your opinion, whereas the OP's client sounds like they have put significant thought into this, and sought professional advice about it from someone who knows what they're talking about.

KCF2013, what kind of dog is it, incidentally?

[Spence]

It will most likely take as long, if not longer, to train the dog to function with the "blinders" than it will to work on the root cause of the problem. It sounds like the owner plans to keep the "blinders" on whenever the dog is out in public, for the rest of it's life? Because, as soon as the "blinders" come off, the old behavior returns. Not all dog trainers are "professional" and if the owner has a way to limit the movement of the dog's head from side to side, the "blinders" become irrelevant. I've bred, worked with and trained quite a few dogs in my day and no one ever suggested "blinders" and if so, I would not have agreed to use them in training. Again, like in medicine, a 2nd opinion from another trainer would be the way to go.

[MojoGeorge]

Try doggles with some electrical tape on him first, see if it helps.

Tape on the lense...

[wlg190861]

I have trained many dogs and horses. I am not running anyone down, I am just saying that is not the problem, I'ld stake my life on that.