(VICT) Re: need solution or suggestions

  • From: "Julie J." <jlcrane@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 15:16:27 -0500

Oh Jo!

My only advice is to just wait it out.  sierra won't be able to hold it
forever.  I'd just pull up a chair and wait until she goes.  I don't know
what else to suggest.

I hope she can get it figured out and can enjoy the rest of her trip.

Julie Johnson
http://www.livingblind.com/eml
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Clayson" <joclayson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 2:21 PM
Subject: (VICT) need solution or suggestions


> I just got a phone call from Lynn, the woman I've been working with who
has
> trained her own guide dog. Sierra has been doing very well, but a problem
> has arisen recently while they are on a cruise. Lynn's mom, who can see
> okay, is also with them.
>
> The problem is that Sierra is not defecating in the box on board ship. She
> will urinate there okay. The box is filled with pine pellets (the kind
used
> for cat litter and also for wood pellet stoves for burning).  Sierra has a
> box with pellets at home that she used in preparation for taking a cruise
> last year, and she used the box on the last cruise with no problem. She
also
> used it prior to this cruise.   So far her stool has been normal in both
> quantity and consistency.   Twice now, after Lynn spent a lot of time at
the
> box with her and Sierra didn't defecate, within the next hour or so Sierra
> just dropped her stool as they were walking.  Obviously that is not
> acceptable for any service or guide dog.
>
> Sierra normally goes soon after her  breakfast, and normally only moves
her
> bowels once a day.  Lynn has taken her to the box after Sierra ate, played
> with her, had her running on some of the ships corridors in hopes the
> exercise would stimulate her to go.  Sierra appears to be wanting to avoid
> the box after she has urinated, not that she is trying to go and can't.
>
> They do have some ports of call where Sierra can be on land to go, but
Lynn
> doesn't want Sierra to think she can hold it until they reach land. On
this
> trip, for the next few days they will be in port daily for a while, but
then
> they have 5-6 days on ship with no stops.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions? Lynn is going to phone me again Monday evening
> after 6 Eastern Time.
>
> Jo
>
>
>
>
>
>



Other related posts: