[Ag-eq] german shepherds

Peg Brandt hazer100 at hotmail.com
Sun Jul 4 06:30:41 UTC 2010 


Hi, All!  I always thought that a guide dog is chosen for you whose walking stride matches your stride so that the dog is neither lagging behind you or dragging you down the street>  Am I right?  Am I wrong?  Peg 
> Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 16:19:13 +0000
> From: barbandzoe at comcast.net
> To: ag-eq at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] german shepherds
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> The Goldens are such a loving a gentle breed.and make great guide dogs.  I can see being just above 5 feet where a Golden is a good match.  A bigger dog would drag you down the street.  I have known a couple of very nice Goldens in my life and thought they are wonderful dogs.  
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> I have a cat, that when I went up north and went hicking I took him with.  He walked on the leash with me, and if I was not keeping up he would sit down and wait for me to get over the rocks in path.  I kept asking him who was is trainer because I have never had a cat do that well on a lead.  I thought I should train him to be a guide cat.   He is a 20 pound Maine coon.  
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> Barb 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net> 
> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> 
> Sent: Saturday, July 3, 2010 4:39:53 AM 
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] german shepherds 
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> Hi Barb, 
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> 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 
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> > 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. 
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> > I could not imagine having a 100 pound guide dog, he wouldn't fit 
> > anywhere. 
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> > Barb 
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> > 
> > ----- 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 
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> > 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 
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> >> 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. 
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> >> I wish they would bring them back. 
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> >> Barb 
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