[nagdu] a couple questions

[Jordan Gallacher]

Actually, if you do things properly, you won't have those issues.  The only
reason you might is if you have a dog that has a lot of allergies like my
first dog did.  Flea treatments lasted two weeks tops on him, and if you
fail to notice problems like rabies or fleas you should take a hard look a
if a dog is right for you.  Where I live is flea heaven most of the year,
and with the exception of my first dog, which I did what my vet told me to
do and resolved the flea issue, you will not have a flea problem is you do
things correctly.  You have to prevent the problem from occurring in the
first place.  
Jordan

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Julie J
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 7:05 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] a couple questions

*> Then they shouldn't have a dog because they aren't taking care of it. *

This seems rather judgmental. Sometimes we can do everything that is 
possible for our dogs and still, stuff happens.  What if I stay in a pet 
friendly hotel the night before my flight to Hawaii and there are fleas in 
the room from a previous guest?  Am I a bad guide dog handler?  What if I 
live in a rural environment, Like I actually do, and I decide to take a nice

walk in the park that borders a creek and wildlife area.  What if during 
that walk I have an encounter with an animal that has rabies?  See the thing

about animals with rabies is that they don't act normal.  You can't 
anticipate what in the world they are going to do.  Would this freak 
accident make me a bad guide dog handler?

Sure some folks with guide dogs don't take care of them in a way that I 
would consider appropriate, but who am I to judge?  I know loads more people

who don't take care of their kids appropriately.  I do my best to help them,

but in the end it is their life and their choice.  I can't take their dog or

kid away and I can't tell them what is right for them.

JMHO
Julie



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