[nagdu] owner trained dogs

Thu Dec 9 20:37:16 UTC 2010

Albert,

You got that exactly right!  /grin/

I'm sure there must owner-trainers out there who are plumb lazy and can't
bother to train their dogs to do more than drag them down the sidewalk so
they can drool in the meat counter at the grocery store  and bite some
children or something.

Then again, with a guide dog, if you don't do the work and pay attention
(more than your actual lifetime supply of it!), there's a good chance you
won't be around long enough to cause anybody any problems.

When I was training Mitzi and people would fret about how They (the
notorious They) could make sure I did it right and all that, I would grin
roguishly and point out that if I didn't do it right, I was going to be the
one that got hit by a bus.

Oh...  They would say thoughtfully.  They had never thought of it that way,
it would turn out.

So it was kinda an extreme thing to say, but it really did clear things
right up for people.

I spent about 19 months thinking about that way every second of every day.
If we're going to do this, we'd better get right, because if we don't,
someone's going to get hurt, and it will be us.

This sort of thinking is necessary, because it is completely true and
rational for the real world.  It is also very, very motivating!  /smile/

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Albert J Rizzi
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 3:17 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] owner trained dogs

Jordan,

Even I would have to disagree with you here. From what I have learned from
my peers here and on the GDUI list serve is that the time and effort put
into owner training a dog would certainly produce a  comparable result and
one which may or may not have some of the same issues as a dog coming from a
school trained environment.

Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
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-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Jordan Gallacher
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 6:02 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] owner trained dogs

Not necessarily.  If you get a dog from a school that only trains guide
dogs, the likelihood of something happening is a lot smaller.
Jordan

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of The Pawpower Pack
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 4:57 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] owner trained dogs

Albert,
But if you're going to make owner trainers submit to a "certification  
process" then all dogs need to submit to this same process.
JMHO
Rox and the Herbal HenchHounds:
Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
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not sure about the universe."-Albert Einstein
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