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Hello! I am new to this forum as I never knew it existed until now, but it seems to be a great place to seek help.
As stated in my profile; I am currently working in dog behavior and recently have taken on a project dog at my local shelter. She isn't my first dog I've worked with there and she is very sweet, but something about her is different than any dog I've met before; she is blind.
This dog can see shadows but nothing else, her hearing is OK but she doesn't seem to respond much to any calling or even treats. I had to place a treat directly in front of her nose and she still couldn't smell it very well. I'm wondering if the stress of other dogs/the shelter itself are making her even more displaced than she normally would be given her visual impairment.
To make things even harder on myself (because of course challenges follow me everywhere) she is extremely leash reactive to other dogs. She fence fights worse than most dogs I've experienced and every bark or whine causes her to dart towards the sound.
Does anyone have experience with a similar dog? Or just experience training a blind dog? Also does anyone know of a particular smelly/good treat? I'm thinking of giving her very fragrant treat to draw her attention to that.
I appreciate anything you could offer, wish me luck with getting this girl adoptable!
As stated in my profile; I am currently working in dog behavior and recently have taken on a project dog at my local shelter. She isn't my first dog I've worked with there and she is very sweet, but something about her is different than any dog I've met before; she is blind.
This dog can see shadows but nothing else, her hearing is OK but she doesn't seem to respond much to any calling or even treats. I had to place a treat directly in front of her nose and she still couldn't smell it very well. I'm wondering if the stress of other dogs/the shelter itself are making her even more displaced than she normally would be given her visual impairment.
To make things even harder on myself (because of course challenges follow me everywhere) she is extremely leash reactive to other dogs. She fence fights worse than most dogs I've experienced and every bark or whine causes her to dart towards the sound.
Does anyone have experience with a similar dog? Or just experience training a blind dog? Also does anyone know of a particular smelly/good treat? I'm thinking of giving her very fragrant treat to draw her attention to that.
I appreciate anything you could offer, wish me luck with getting this girl adoptable!