[blparent] A quick guide dog question

[Dena Wainwright]

I agree that where you get the dog makes no difference. Yes, a dog who has 
never seen snow might have an adjustment to make when winter comes, but I've 
had dogs that worked great in the snow even though they had never been 
trained in it.
Dena

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joy Wolf" <joy at kevinlwolf.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] A quick guide dog question


> 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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