[nagdu] new

Garry and Joy Relton relton30857 at cox.net
Fri May 29 16:43:53 UTC 2009


Linda,

I have seen them at the Seeing Eye on several occasions. Their coats are
certainly beautiful. Less work my wonderful golden retriever was, I bet.
I've never had one.
too active breed for guide work.  There have been some who did work out 
nicely.  Curley Coats aren't really used in this country either because of 
their long "childhoods". I think England uses more Flat Coats and Curlies 
than we do here.

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katrin Andberg" <katrin at maplewooddog.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] new


> Naw not a poodle in disguise, a lot less aloof than any poodle I have 
> ever met.  James also tends not to tell me "no" or "Why should I?" 
> like most poodles I know do on occasion.  He is a total retriever, 
> just doesn't eat strange stuff like a lab, or shed as much as a golden 
> /smile/  I have had 4 flat coats in my life at various times and they 
> really are my perfect breed.
> I have no high hopes that my next guide will be a flat coat but I would be
> in heaven if it were.  I also have a cardigan welsh corgi who is a hoot. 
> He
> tries to keep those retrievers in line and they all ignore him completely.
> Right now I have 4 dogs, but it will soon be going down to 3 as my CCed
> puppy is most likely going to his new home at the end of the month.
> Hopefully I will still be able to get reports on how Obi is doing in his 
> new
> home as I'll miss him so much, but my home is not the right place for him.
>
>
>
> James is a little over 7yrs old now.  He started working around 16 
> months when xrays showed his growth plates had closed completely.  I 
> started training him in obedience, agility and socialization when I 
> got him at 12wks, then as he got older and wanted more things to do, 
> would add on more difficult tasks or training situations until at 
> about 18months he said "I'm
> READY gosh darnit, stop leaving me home and muddling around out there
> without me!"  When James has something to say he makes it very clear.  The
> reason I'm looking into schools now, is 1 I wasn't sure how long it would
> take or what their time line would be and 2 flat coats have high instances
> of 2 types of cancer that tend to strike dogs at an early age.  Any flat
> coat you have living past age 8 is considered lucky.  I hope James will 
> live
> to 10, 11, 12+ but there is a high chance that he won't.
>
>
>
> When I get to cane training part of O&M I am kind of worried about how 
> I'm going to manage the orientation part, but I'm hoping my instructor 
> can give me some tips.  I tend to be able to do 1 thing at a time and 
> 1 thing only. So I am the epitome of 'can't walk and chew gum'. I 
> can't listen to someone
> talk and still 'see' well enough to walk if I'm without a guide.  I can't
> think about where my feet are going and tell where the telephone poles are
> at the same time.  If I'm focusing on using my eyes, everything else falls
> apart and I get into trouble.  Same thing happens with auditory stuff for
> me.  Some people with sensory processing disorders it just affects 1 
> sense,
> or parts of all senses, or a few senses.  For me it severely effects 
> visual
> and auditory and a part of tactile.  Smell isn't effected, nor really is
> taste.  For example if I'm looking at something I generally want to touch 
> it
> in order to 'see' it better.  Or if I want to hear someone talking to me, 
> I
> have to close my eyes.  Doesn't really make much sense, but it's how my
> brain works.
>
>
>
> Katrin & James
>
>
>
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