[nagdu] guide dogs

[The Pawpower Pack]

Jennifer,

It isn't wrong to tie a dog out when on the computer.  Like Julie  
said; what may be wrong for someone may be exactly what someone else  
needs to do in order to have a smoothly working relationship with  
their dog.

For example, I don't ever tie my dogs out.  The only time they are  
confined to crates are when they are ill and I can't watch them. I am  
Deafblind and my dog performs tasks for me other than guiding and she  
can't do those tasks if she is confined by crate or tie out.  It would  
be a bad idea for me to confine my dog while I am either sleeping or  
on the computer because she can't alert me to a smoke alarm or bring  
me the phone if she's confined.  However a person's who's disability  
is 	strictly blindness does not need their dog to work in the home and  
their dog may engage in undesirable behaviors such as scrounging for  
food or destructive chewing while its handler is sleeping or otherwise  
occupied such as on the computer.  these behaviors may necessitate  
confinement for the dog for its own safety and so that the handler can  
get other tasks accomplished in the home without concentrating on the  
dog.

Everyone is different and every dog is different.

Good luck.

Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
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