[nagdu] guide dogs

[Julie J]

Jennifer,

Every guide dog is different.  Every handler is different.  Every guide dog 
and handler team is different.  What works for one dog, person or team may 
not work for another person or the same person with a different dog.

The bottom line is that you have to be able to think through any situation 
that might come up and find a solution that works for you.

I and the others on the list can tell you what we do, what we have found 
that works and what hasn't worked for us, but that really doesn't mean squat 
in the end.  Because you have to find what works for you not us.

For the first few months I had Monty he slept in his crate at night.  Now he 
is free at night.  He sleeps in my bed.  He doesn't roam the house at night. 
He doesn't get into things.  It works for me and Monty.  If you ask 5 other 
people you could very well get 5 other answers.  That doesn't mean 4 of them 
are wrong, it just means they have all found the formula that works for 
them.

HTH
Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer L Finley" <jenniferfinley at embarqmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 11:10 AM
Subject: [nagdu] guide dogs


> Hi this is Jennifer.  Another thing that I was wondering was, when you go 
> to bed at night, don't you tell the dog to lay in it's bed or put it on 
> tie down?  The reason why I asked this is because my teacher who puts her 
> cat's litter box in a big container, well she also let her guide dog rome 
> around her house at night.  I thought that that was strange, because from 
> what I understand you are supposed to put the dog on tie down or make sure 
> that it is in it's bed.
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