[nagdu] Puppyraising for owner training

[Linda Gwizdak]

Many Dalmations are also deaf - especially the blue-eyed ones. NOT good if 
it is to be a guide dog! (grin!)

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Puppyraising for owner training


> While I am not an expert in such things, it is hard for me to imagine a 
> Dalmatian being a guide dog.  They are pretty high strung.
>
> Dave
>
> At 12:24 AM 5/4/2010, you wrote:
>>Are Dalmatians the right size?  Do they have the right temperament?  Just 
>>curious.
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" 
>><tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
>>To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
>><nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 9:39 PM
>>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Puppyraising for owner training
>>
>>
>>>If a poodle gets way too much attention, I can hardly imagine what it 
>>>would
>>>be like going about -- or trying to! -- with a Dalmation.  /lol/
>>>
>>>Tami Smith-Kinney
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>>>Behalf
>>>Of The Pawpower Pack
>>>Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 7:30 PM
>>>To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Puppyraising for owner training
>>>
>>>Actually GDB used Dals in the 50's and 60's.  There are a couple owner
>>>trainers with Dalmatian guides.  They aren't for everyone, but neither
>>>are labs or goldens.
>>>
>>>Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
>>>Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
>>>"It's wildly irritating to have invented something as revolutionary as
>>>sarcasm, only to have it abused by amateurs." -- Christopher Moore
>>>pawpower4me at gmail.com
>
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