[nagdu] guide dogs

[Wayne Merritt]

Perhaps your friend Jennifer is afraid that the dog will start it's
own doggie blog, grin. Seriously though, I've read at least one blog
where the dog blogs about what's going on in their life and in their
person's life. I can't remember the exact address, but the name of the
blog is Paw Prints. The person who, oops sorry, I meant the dog who
writes it is a very good writer. I slipped just now, grin.

Wayne

On 2/21/10, The Pawpower Pack <pawpower4me at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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