[nagdu] Do's and Don't's

[Garry and Joy Relton]

I agree with you. I find that it is best to evaluate the rules, understand
their reasoning and then decide whether you can follow them or not. I follow
pretty much all of them. Recently though I have found myself reinforcing
some that I thought weren't so serious, and the results were very nice.
Almost like those eighty years of experience counts for something. Who have
thought. Seriously though the rules are general to fit most people, dogs and
situations so there will be exceptions for limited situations. In general
though, when in doubt, best to keep the rules. If only my children had come
pretrained it would have been a totally different situation for us. 

Joy with Belle who finds all of this discussion quite boring. She wants to
know if there's a treat involved or not. 

Joy with Belle

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Jenine Stanley
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 5:09 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Do's and Don't's


Rebecca, 

Sadly, yes, some people do say that they will do things however they see fit
once home, and actually do. 

Granted, I may not agree with every training technique used and I may know
of some easier or different ways to do things and try them once home, for
those first few months I'm going to try to do things the way the dog
understands. Dogs like rules and boundaries and routines. 

Remember too that if you just toss out all rules from the school, do
whatever you want, have problems then blame the school, no school has to
take you back for another dog. 

I heard someone once say that everyone is entitled to a guide dog. I'd say
that everyone is entitled to try to work with a guide dog. 


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Joy with Belle,