[Ag-eq] Dog Guides

[Susan Roe]

Nella,

I used Posie for 10 years and then I retired her here to the farm to live 
with my parents.  I was still living in Virginia Beach at the time.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nella Foster" <nfoster at extremezone.com>
To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] german shepherds


> 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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