[nagdu] ranting

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS)]

Laura, 
I'm sorry you are going through this. 
Some dogs develop a fear of people who are blind, in that they know
guiding is really hard work, and are afraid they can't do it, so they
don't. This would explain why the dog is fine for the trainer who is
presumably sighted but not good with you. 
I'm sorry Leader isn't taking you seriously on this issue. 
I'd send the dog back. You don't want to risk alienating your coworkers,
and beyond that, you don't need the stress of a dog that is this
unpredictable. A dog should be fun to work with. Yours isn't, and yours
also is unsafe. Time for a change. 


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Lora
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 1:03 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] ranting

I feel like the school isn't listening to me because I told them that I
was
using a food that didn't have corn in it, and they blamed me for feeding
a
food with corn which I wasn't. A leader Dog rep came out and worked with
Trice concerning barking. They gave him corrections exactly like I had
been
doing and they said I must be doing it wrong since it wasn't working. I
had
to wait two weeks for them to get him into the vet at LD when I
complained
that he wasn't like my trainer described and he was having accidents.
When
LD rep came out Trice was an angel and didn't exhibit any problems that
I
descibed. Leader rep didn't think that it was serious and didn't really
believe me since he didn't do anything. I talked with my trainer earlier
about stool issues and she thought it was just Trice's normal stool to
be
peanutbutter and going 5 to 6 times a day. Sorry that was a random
email.

On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 7:11 AM, Julie J <julielj at windstream.net> wrote:

> Lora,
>
> I'm sorry to hear about your difficulties.  You really haven't had an
easy
> time of things.
>
> No, I don't think this is normal first year behavior.  What you are
> describing is pretty serious aggression.  If you think there's any
chance
> that he would bite if given the opportunity please, please stop
working him,
> get a trainer from the school or a behaviorist that specializes in
> aggression to help you ASAP.
>
> I'm sorry you are going through this.  Hugs,
> Julie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lora" <blindhistory at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <
> nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 8:17 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] ranting
>
>
> It has been a hard couple of days. Trice my dog guide lounged 2-3 feet
and
>> showed his teeth while barking and growling. He did this to a person
who
>> said hi to me in my office at work. His barking behavior is getting
worse.
>> I
>> think the only reason he didn't attack the person was because he ran
into
>> the desk (he was laying under the desk when this happened) I've tried
>> correcting him I've tried telling him the situation was ok and
walking up
>> to
>> whatever he is scared of.
>>
>> What problems have people had in their first year? Is this normal
break in
>> stuff?
>>
>> --
>> Lora and Trice
>>
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