[nagdu] New dog

[Lora]

He is from leader dogs what dog is yours from?

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Nicole B. Torcolini <
ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:

> 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"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> 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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-- 
Lora and Trice