[nagdu] New dog

[Nicole B. Torcolini]

Every dog is different, but I have found that Lexia needs a high amount of
fiber in her diet to keep her stool hard.  She needs a snack in the middle
of the day, so I give her the dental diet food from Science that has a high
amount of fiber , plus I get the bonus of the dental part of it.  If you're
still having trouble after trying different foods, maybe try rice, the one
human food that Lexia has ever gotten to taste.

Nicole and Lexia

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Ann Chiappetta
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 6:12 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] New dog

Hi Laura;
Good luck with Truyce. What school did you go to?
Wags, Annie & Ro
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lora" <blindhistory at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 6:38 PM
Subject: [nagdu] New dog


> Just wanted to let everyone know that I have a new dog guide. His name is
> Trice and he is a chocolate lab. At the moment things are working out 
> pretty
> well. He has barked a few times in harness (I have been home 3 weeks) one 
> of
> those times was because he was scared of an object (he was raised in a
> prison and hasn't been exposed to alot of stuff) and the other times was
> because a person walked in the room behind us and startled him. He does
> great guide work and when he does run me into something like a tree limb 
> it
> usually takes him once or twice to figure out how to fix said error. He is

> a
> very sensitive boy and required back scratches during work to keep him
> motivated. He doesn't respond to verbal praise as well as physical.
> Thankfully when I physically praise him he gets right back to work.
>
> My time at the dog guide school where I got Trice was a challenge. Trice 
> was
> sick almost the whole time I was there. He had an ear, eye and bladder
> infection along with diarrea. It took the school two weeks to do anything
> about said issues even though I kept telling them. Trice still has loose
> stool, but has had no accidents. It is too early to tell, but I'm 
> seriously
> wondering if something in his food is bothering him.
>
> Even though I have had issues with this dog I think he is a keeper. The
> issues I am having with him are acceptable mistakes and nothing like my
> previous dog guide Myrtle.
>
> -- 
> Lora and Trice
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