[nagdu] Where your dog sleeps at night, etc.

Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC Inc) REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com
Thu Feb 25 19:52:23 UTC 2010


Jennifer. 
You are an adult. It shouldn't matter how you get to the school. The guy
who interviewed you needs to explain the pros and cons of each option so
you can make a sound call. 
My folks wanted to take me to Leader Dogs and pick me up. Logestically,
that didn't work. My mom did come and visit when I was getting my first
dog, and while I can't say that it helped, it certainly didn't hurt.
And, I will always remember sitting and talking with her when I was
brand new with my first dog. 
My family tried to visit me when I was getting my second dog, but again
that didn't work out for reasons I can't remember. I say if your family
wants to be present and won't interfere with what needs to happen
training-wise, take them up on this. 
I can say that you'll be a lot more likely to have the outcome you want
if you involve them in what you are doing if it is something they want
to be involved in. Your mom is reaching out in the only way she knows.
Take it and run

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jennifer L Finley
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 6:10 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Where your dog sleeps at night, etc.

WhenI talked to the guy that is going to be interviewing me, I told him
that 
my mom wanted to bring me.  He told me that it would be easyer on me and
the 
dog to fly.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AnnaLisa Anderson" <annalisa at sector14.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Where your dog sleeps at night, etc.


> Hi Jennifer,
>
> Don't be afraid to ask questions.  I sure wish I'd had a list like
this to
> go to when I got my first dog, but email was in its infancy then and 
> nobody
> had thought of list serves yet. <smile>
>
> I have been very fortunate that both my dogs have had very good house
> manners.  Neither of them  has felt the need to roam around the house
at
> night, and I have felt no need to tie down or crate either of them.
> Everyone else is right though, when you first bring the new dog home,
you
> will want to keep it either near you on leash or on tie down until you
get
> to know your dog better and to teach them the ground rules.  In the
case 
> of
> my current dog, I didn't have to keep her on leash or tie down very
long,
> though I did have a tie down chain on the bed for several months and
did 
> put
> her on it when going to bed at night, even though she really didn't
need 
> it.
> She didn't mind either and sort of expected it.  I have a fleece mat
for
> Sunny to sleep on, which I bought from PetEdge.  Don't remember the
brand
> name though, but it's fleece on both sides, and she seems to like it.
>
> I do have a story about giving freedom a bit too soon with Sunny...
After
> about a week of being home from school and displaying very good
manners, I
> decided to try giving her some freedom in  the house, in a limited
fashion
> at first.  She did pretty well but of course had to try to get into
the 
> cat
> food, but she responded very well to voice commands and immediately
left 
> it
> alone when I told her to, and she leaves it alone most of the time now
> unless she thinks she can get away with it. <grin> Same with the
litter
> box...  I don't have a good place to keep cat food or the boxes up
high (I
> have two boxes and three cats).  She does like kitty crunchies, so we
have
> to watch her a bit on that one. Again, she leaves it alone mostly,
unless
> she knows no one is paying attention... <smile>  Oh, both the litter
boxes
> are the kind with covers on them.  Anyway, I digress...
>
> After I started giving her limited freedom, one night I was doing
laundry
> and had left my condo for a few minutes to go to the laundry room.
> Unbeknownst to me, Sunny had snuck out the door with my boyfriend when
he
> went outside.  She led him a very merry chase before he finally caught
her
> and got her back inside. <grin>  Fortunately we have a good sized
driveway
> and parking lot area, so she wasn't in the street.  At the time I had
no
> clue it was happening, when I had left for the laundry room, Sunny was

> safe
> in the house.  We can laugh about it now, of course.  Needless to say,
she
> lost her freedom again after that for a while.
>
> Anyway, like others have said, these are all things you will learn
when 
> you
> go for training.
>
> That's too bad your family has to be so negative about this.  Will
your
> parents be bringing you to the school, or will you fly?  Just
wondering.
> When I went to Leader Dogs for the first time, my parents drove me
there 
> so
> they got to see where I would be staying and I think they got a tour
of 
> the
> school and the kennels, etc.  I still think that would be a great idea
if
> your parents could do something similar.  I'm wondering how much of
your
> parents' resistance is simply fear of the unknown.  Did you have pets
> growing up?  Do your parents even like dogs?  Just some thoughts.  I'm

> glad
> you are taking a firm stand with them, and I sure hope they will come
> around.  Who knows, maybe there will come a day when they love your
dog 
> and
> can't imagine when you didn't have one.
>
> AnnaLisa and Sundance
>
>
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