[blparent] A quick guide dog question

[Joy Wolf]

Hi Sharon and all:

You know, it's funny.  My dogs who have come from warmer climates all did
outstanding in the snow.  Yet the one I got from a climate similar to ours
had a horrible time with snow and never really got used to it.  Lol, I'm
probably the exception, but in my case it had so much more to do with my
particular dogs and their sensitivities.  To top it off, my first dog raised
in California absolutely could not handle the heat of summer, although to be
fair she probably wasn't used to our humidity.  I would suggest not getting
a dog from a warmer climate in the middle of winter, however.  I always
thought that would just be awful, lol, to take this dog from somewhere warm
and suddenly bring him/her into the midst of winter.  Just some ramblings.
Have a great day everyone.

Joy and family

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of sharon howerton
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 4:10 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] A quick guide dog question

I had a very helpful suggestion when I applied for a dog in 2003. GDB is a 
very popular school around here, but a friend of mine suggested to me that 
if you get a dog and live in a cold, snowy climate like Karla does in MI and

where Leslie and I live in IL, get a dog from a school where the dogs are 
used to snow. My friend said she used to get a lot of calls from the GDB 
handlers that their dogs didn't know what to do about snow their first 
winter. Only my suggestion and for purposes of this list, there is a lot 
more to consider when applying for a dog and having young kids.
Sharon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] A quick guide dog question


> Hi Carla. What about Guide Dogs for the Blind? I know they've done in home
> training before. Their website is
> www.guidedogs.com
> hth
> Leslie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Karla Hudson
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 1:06 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] A quick guide dog question
>
> Anyone know of schools that will train you in your home community? I am
> unable to reserve as much time as the schools need away from my home. We
> also have a specific need for the type of dog given that my husband is 
> very
> allergic to most dog dander. I am in Michigan and yes we have leader dogs
> but I do not see reference to home training on their web page.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Karla
>
>
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