[nagdu] Freedom for guide dogs

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Deb,

Welcome!  I lived in an apartment for the first year and a half with Mitzi
and ended up dedicating my life to keeping her entertained so she didn't
have to go looking for trouble to amuse herself.  /smile/  She used to chew
up her bells, too.

She finally got around to growing up, so there's always hope. /smile/  

Tami Smith-Kinney

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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of deb jock
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 1:25 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Freedom for guide dogs

Hi, everyone,  

Well, I can't leave Olympia out as we live in an apartment complex and there
are no fences.  

Indoors she's very good about not bothering the table or counters and we can
sit in the living room and eat and she may come up and sniff as if to say,
"What do you have?" but then she goes and lays down.  She's not on total
house freedom.  If I leave her out of her crate for long periods of time she
seems to get bored and finds paper or tears duct tape off of things.  I have
a bell for her but if I put it on her she chews it so I've given up on that.


Olympia is a 29 month old female yellow lab from tse.  I got her in July.
She's actually doing pretty well.  Her work is excellent.  And, I can
already tell she is settling down.  She's not the wild child she was when I
got her.  

Thanks for listening.  I just wanted to weigh in on the subject of freedom.


Deb Jock and Olympia 



 
-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Cindy Ray
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 1:46 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Freedom for guide dogs

Yes, I did forget to ask if there was a fence. When I go to my daughter's 
they have one, and I let him play with the other dogs. I do take him out 
myself some to make sure about his toilet issues, making sure he seems OK. 
Last time, though, I actually didn't much.

Mine carries bits of paper and stuff around the house and comes proudly 
bearing it to me, but he relinquishes it without a fuss.





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