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

Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC Inc) REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com
Fri Feb 26 14:14:45 UTC 2010


Then don't. You're a big girl.

-----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 9:46 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Where your dog sleeps at night, etc.

I guess that it would be easyer for me to fly when I go to get my dog.
I 
don't want to have to ride in a car with parents that do not  agree with
my 
decision to get the dog.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC Inc)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Where your dog sleeps at night, etc.


> 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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