[nagdu] Smallest Guide Dog

[Hope Paulos]

I have a friend who got their GSD from The Seeing eye. I petted her and 
realizzed she was the smallest shepherd.. I asked how much she weighed, and 
my friend said she was about 40 lbs. and I thought my shepherd was small at 
60!
Hope and Beignet
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Brown" <bryanbrown at solarus.biz>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:34 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Smallest Guide Dog


> Does anyone know what the smallest guide dog is, and is   it even possible 
> to train a small dog to do guide work? My wife and I have a little 
> designer mutt called a "Bojack" it's a Boston Jack Rustle cross and she's 
> amazingly smart "the dog that is"....  and well, so is the wife"
>
> I see a trend toward smaller guides in most of the programs, I myself 
> prefer a largish dog, but the convenience of a "pocket sized guide" would 
> be nice every now and then.
>
> My current guide is a long and lean GSD and he's only about 75-80 pounds 
> but since the wife and I have bought a new house and space is abundant I 
> think I'd like to have a big ole boy next time round.
>
> I remember hearing some where that some of the programs have trouble 
> placing very large dogs because of limited living space. I've got plenty 
> and I really like the idea of a huge goofy male  GSD, " you know" , one of 
> those dogs that looks like you should be riding it instead of walking next 
> to it. In my case the bigger the dog the better the advertising. I just 
> wish I could figure out a way to fasten a billboard to him  without 
> effecting his guide work.. People are going to look anyway, why not use it 
> to my advantage.
>
> Ok, I guess I'm not sure where or why that question popped in to my head 
> but if anyone has any input I'd be glad to hear it.
>
>    Bryan
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