[nagdu] More information on Taco Bell incident

[The Pawpower Pack]

Buddy and all,
I work a Doberman mix and I love my Doberman.  If I have it my way,  
all of the rest of my guide dogs will be Dobermans or Dobe mixes.  My  
dog is black and rust, and while most people think "LAB!" when they  
see her because she's mostly black and about lab-sized, she does have  
the rust mask on her face and I have gotten questions about my breed  
choice.  I live in a hot climate where my second favorite breed, the  
golden retriever is pretty miserable and allergic to mostly  
everything.  Also I have a vestibular disorder and need a taller dog  
to assist with balance issues.  Laveau, my Dobe is 26 inches high.   
Most labs will not get that tall and the ones who do are males.  I  
would rather work with a bitch and I have never met a lab bitch that  
tall.  I know of GSD bitches that tall but I don't really want to work  
with a GSD.  They are just not the right breed for me.

We are all different, with different needs and closing ourselves off  
to three or four breeds would do more harm than good.  Also there are  
many people, who for whatever reason, need a smaller service dog.   
Maybe the dog is a hearing dog for a person who is D/deaf/hard of  
hearing.
  Maybe the dog is a medical alert dog and doesn't need to be large.   
As you said Buddy, there are more types of assistance dogs out there  
than just guide dogs.

Rox and the Kitchen Bitches

Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
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broken places." -- Ernest Hemingway
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