[nagdu] Dogs listening

Cindy Ray cindyray at qwest.net
Mon Oct 19 12:00:13 UTC 2009


Laura,  you have had problems health wise with that dog since you got him. 
Tell Leader you simply cannot afford this vet thing; you may have to replace 
him. He's stressed for sure; maybe he's too stressed to do the work. I just 
don't know,but that's just a thought.

Cindy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lora" <blindhistory at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 6:17 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs listening


That makes sense. I just don't know about this dog. He seems really stressed
out with my lifestyle. I gave him almost two days of letting him play with
very little work and he still seems stressed. Actually he threw up this
morning and has been throwing up almost every morning this week. I'm running
out of money to keep taking him to the vet.

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:38 AM, Cindy Ray <cindyray at qwest.net> wrote:

> Actually I was thinking about this issue yesterday. I don't think I need 
> to
> do too much different on my handling,but I came to the conclusion recently
> that I need to relax as I use the dog. I talked to him too much and he
> didn't want to hear it. I found he worked better when I did that. 
> Yesterday
> while walking, I tried to relax my corrections and make sure the verbal
> ones
> were less manic! I think sometimes that happens though I don't realize it,
> specially since my dog has been known to bolt. I corrected and I was firm,
> but it was easier on me, and maybe easier on my dog. We sometimes appear
> more harsh than we are, and some folks think using the dogs at all is a
> cruel way to use the animals, so sometimes, often, I think we have to be
> appearing more relaxed. Appearing more relaxed also appears less harsh.
>
> Cindy
>
>
>
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