[nagdu] bad to worse

[Sharonda Greenlaw]

Lora,
I know it's hard to say with your experiences. And for this, I am so
very sorry. I have seen a few others get quite interesting dogs from
LD.

However, I have had two dogs from Leader, both of them were very good.
And many many others have had good experiences too.

More than anything, stay greatly encouraged. Don't be down on
yourself. It will all work out okay.

Sharonda

On 10/21/09, Lora <blindhistory at gmail.com> wrote:
> My trainer said that I should not work the dog and that Leader would be out
> in about a week. Hopefully they will be helpful. I haven't really
> experienced alot of good from leader so I can't say if they are a fine
> school or not. From my experience I would disagree greatly.
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Joy Relton <jrelton at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Beautifully put, Tami. There really are a lot of things to consider. I've
>> been therewith a dog who had hepatitis I there were days when he really
>> couldn't work safely because he just wasn't felling well.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Tamara Smith-Kinney
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4:26 PM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] bad to worse
>>
>>
>> Lora,
>>
>> This must be so heartbreaking for you!  Not to mention terrifying.
>>
>> Do let us know how the school responds.  Meanwhile, it's probably time to
>> break out the white cane.  Things are starting to sound pretty dangerous.
>>
>> Who knows how Trice would be without his chronic health problems.  When
>> Mitzi was having her serial UTIs, I finally figured out there were times
>> she
>> just shouldn't work.  Which was frustrating, since it really impeded our
>> team building process.  I would take her along with me to work on
>> etiquette
>> and obedience out of harness, but having cane in one hand and dog in the
>> other isn't always workable.  We never did figure out what was causing
>> them,
>> but we're nearly a year since the last one, and I still live in fear of
>> going through all that again.  Ugh!  But her work would suffer and she
>> would
>> take to wandering and would get grumpy and guardy in harness.  And
>> anxious.
>> I had known her in good health, so I knew it wasn't her norm, but it was
>> still hard to determine if she was coming up with a behavioral problem or
>> if
>> she was sick again until the accidents started.  Sigh.
>>
>> I don't see what you can do if the school won't take responsibility for
>> the
>> vet bills so that you can get him healthy again without going broke.  And
>> until he's healthy again, how can you know what kind of guide dog he would
>> be if he were well?  If the problem is the underlying illness, training
>> won't solve it.
>>
>> I wish I could give you something helpful, but all I can do is send you
>> long-distance hugs and well wishes.  Pass a few on to Trice.
>>
>> Tami Smith-Kinney
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Lora
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:35 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [nagdu] bad to worse
>>
>> I was walking to school and Trice took me out into traffic 3 times in a
>> mile. I thought he was guiding at first because there is alot of cars on
>> the
>> side of the street and such but he kept on walking across the street in
>> the
>> middle of the block. I just emailed my trainer so we'll see what she says.
>> I
>> know that me being frustrated isn't helping Trice any but I've had
>> problems
>> since training. Sigh he's becoming a safety risk.
>>
>> Is it common that dogs just decide to do their own thing like that? What
>> is
>> first year of working with a dog supposed to be like?
>>
>> --
>> Lora and Trice
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> --
> Lora and Trice
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National Federation of the Blind
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