[nagdu] Goldens (was Play time

[Tracy Carcione]

A friend of mine says about goldens "You gotta love 'em.  They insist!"
So true!
Tracy

> Goldens are, like, the perfect breed for therapy and support dogs.
> /smile/
> They just make you feel all gooey inside with their flowing coats and
> wagging tails and big brown eyes and grin.  Then they come up and lean on
> you, just to say hi and to let you touch all the wonderfulness of the
> coat.
> /grin/  There are several who come to the park who pretty much make the
> rounds that way in between bouts of play.  /smile/
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Linda Gwizdak
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:00 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Play time
>
> Landon LOVES to play, period!
>
> Landon likes his Nylaknot. He doesn't have other toys because he destroys
> and tries to eat anything else. At Seeing Eye he totally destroyed the
> kong
> you get at school.  My instructor was dumbfounded!  Landon tore up that
> kong
>
> like it was an animal carcas being torn up by wolves - wow! He was given a
> black kong which he didn't like - couldn't tear it up like the red kongs.
>
> Landon likes to throw his bone to himself, roll on it to scratch his back.
> He also turns forward rolls - somersaults for people.  He is very silly
> and
> entertaining.  The wounded warriors sure enjoy this and these depressed
> people sure get a laugh for awhile when Landon is there on the mental
> health
>
> ward.  I don't let him do this when we are with seniors or children - he's
> too big and strong for that!
>
> People can't get over it how quickly Landon will go from play mode to work
> mode. Once his harness is on, he is all business and people get a kick out
> of that.
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cheryl Osborn" <chapalacheryl at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 8:12 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] Play time
>
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Thought it might be interesting to find out what you and your dogs
>> like to do for play.
>>
>> My dog likes to play keep-away and wrestle with a toy. And, sometimes
>> tug-of-war.  My last dog liked to play hide-and-go-seek. My first dog
>> was Kong crazy.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cheryl in Mexico
>> chapalacheryl at gmail.com
>>
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