[nagdu] EXTERNAL:Re: Freedom for guide dogs

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

He may just not be able to handle freedom. 
I'm sorry. You may be able to monitor him if you have bells or a collar
with tags that jingles. 
Or you may have to keep him on leash with you or in a crate when you
can't or don't want to keep him close by. 
And you'll need to decide if this is something you can and want to live
with for the next eight or ten years. 
I'm sorry, it's a miserable position to be in, as yous imply can't be
with him every single second. 


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Lora
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 6:22 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: EXTERNAL:Re: [nagdu] Freedom for guide dogs

I let him off leash a little bit at a time after about three weeks of
all on leash when I got home. I let him off leash outside only in a
fenced in yard. In the yard he eats stuff out of the garden. Inside he
gets on the table and eats stuff ie crumbs and "cleans our kitchen
floor. I do obedience every day.

On 11/26/10, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
wrote:
> How quick was the transition to in door freedom? Maybe a little at a
time
> and under supervision might be a good idea. He needs to learn what is
> allowed and what is not. The key to that is catching them in the act,
but
> that can sometimes be hard. Can you give us some examples of trouble?
>
> Nicole
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lora" <blindhistory at gmail.com>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 10:27 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Freedom for guide dogs
>
>
>> After about six months I have been trying to give my guide dog
freedom
>> outside and inside. He still gets into trouble mostly outside. He
>> won't listen off leash. Any suggestions?
>> --
>> Lora
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Lora

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