[nagdu] Sad News

[lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com]

Hi Lora,
Sorry that Myrtle didn't work out for you. Sounds like she didn't want to be 
a guide dog!  This does happen.

I only had my first dog, Heidi for only two years.  She was an adult donated 
dog who could never get used to relieving anywhere I brought her.  She lived 
in someone's backyard and she only parked there in her pet life.  As a 
result of my busy lifestyle - going to different places every day - she just 
wouldn't adjust.  She couldn't adjust at school when I got her. She would 
absolutely REFUSE to relieve on anything other than grass. Well, in a city, 
grass isn't always available.  So, she'd hold it as long as she could and 
then would drop poop like a horse - walking along - on the sidewalk and I 
couldn't even feel her doing it!  I'd get yelled at by people, "Hey you 
idiot!  Your dog is crappin' on the walkway!"  I couldn't do anything about 
it and I was already too far away to even find the poop to pick up. So, the 
dog was too set in her ways and I decided to send her back to the school. 
She was a nice dog and worked well, but I coouldn't have a dog who'd poop 
everywhere instead of where she ought to go!  The next dog was wonderful and 
very easygoing and a good worker.

It's never easy and don't despair.  You'll get a better match next time 
(grin!)  If you liked Leader Dogs, by all means, give them another try for 
the next dog.  Remember - don't beat yourself up overt this. It happens. 
But, I know, it's a definate bummer.

Regards,

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Brown" <bryanbrown at solarus.biz>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Sad News


> How sad, Lora my thoughts are with you.
>
>     sincerely,
>    Bryan
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lora and Myrtle" <blindhistory at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>; <guidedog-friends at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:51 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] Sad News
>
>
>> Today I got a call from my guide dog school and they are sending a crate 
>> to
>> pick Myrtle up. She has become a very unsafe guide trying to lounge into
>> traffic getting very distracted by other dogs etc. I agree that she has
>> become a very unsafe guide and is not reliable, but that doesn't make it 
>> any
>> less hard to deal with.
>>
>> -- 
>> Lora and Leader Dog Myrtle
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