[Ag-eq] german shepherds

[Nella Foster]

Susan:

My first guide dog was a Golden from Guide Dog Foundation.  He was very 
sensitive and would also over react to leash corrections.  He was a 
wonderful guide and I use him for 8 years.

Nella
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 2:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] german shepherds


> Hi Barb,
>
> My one and only Seeing Eye dog was a female Golden Retreaver named Posie. 
> I was amazed on how they match the dogs to their owners once I was there 
> at the school.  You had to do what they called Juno training for a day 
> which is your trainer held the harness like he was the dog and he walked 
> you around the grounds and then in a residential area with sidewalks.  It 
> was then he showed you commands and he was assessing you on your height, 
> walking speed, voice command level and your arm strength.  All of these 
> things really matter when connecting you with the right dog.  I am only 5 
> foot 1 inch and for me to give a leesh correction, I had to actually step 
> back with my left foot before I could get any snap with the leesh.  Thank 
> goodness Posie hardly ever needed leesh correcting, verbal was good enough 
> for her.  In fact, later in her life, if I gave her a leesh correction, 
> she would drop flat to the ground and then it would take me almost three 
> minutes before I could get her back up and going again.  She acted like I 
> totally crushed her whole world and I found myself patting, stroking, 
> hugging her and telling her I'm sorry and that she really was a good girl, 
> so the correction aspect just went out of the window.  I really think she 
> knew exactly what she was doing in the first place.
>
> Susan
> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <barbandzoe at comcast.net>
> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 3:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] german shepherds
>
>
>>
>>
>> Hay Susan, I can understand that. The wanted a guide dog to be under 60 
>> pounds. But when I see the labs and the Golden's, they are breading them 
>> so big to. most of the Golden's I know are big. I know that they have 
>> there own breading stalk for most of the guide dogs, so way not just 
>> bread down the shepherds. Just saiing.
>>
>> I could not imagine having a 100 pound guide dog, he wouldn't fit 
>> anywhere.
>>
>>
>>
>> Barb
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
>> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, July 2, 2010 11:21:09 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] german shepherds
>>
>> I think one of the reasons shepherds have been fading as dog guides is
>> because it is getting harder to find smaller shepherds. The average 
>> weight
>> size for a dog guide is around 60 pounds.
>>
>> Susan
>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <barbandzoe at comcast.net>
>> To: <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:15 AM
>> Subject: [Ag-eq] german shepherds
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Why did they stop using germen shepherds as guide dogs. I always wanted
>>> one, if I needed it.
>>>
>>> Did they think they look to scarry, or was there something to do with
>>> temperment. I know that goldens are sweet loveable dogs, and people 
>>> think
>>> they can come up and pet them, but with a shepherd, people seem to walk 
>>> on
>>> the other side of the street. they think they are mean, but living in an
>>> un safe neiborhood I would want people to leave me be. If you have a
>>> golden the bad guys would think nothing of jumping you, but with a
>>> shepherd they might think twice. that is why people get pitbulls.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I wish they would bring them back.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Barb
>>>
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