[nagdu] Italian greyhound guide dog?

[Meghan Whalen]

Grin!  Some of those little guys could give the zippy labs a run for their 
money...those legs might be short, but they sure are mighty!

Very interesting though, though.  One I would love to see further expanded.

Meghan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Italian greyhound guide dog?


>
> I wonder if some of the smaller breeds might be a good solution for those
> who don't take long walks, the folks who go from car to building and back
> to car.  Or for elderly people who don't walk very fast and are using
> their dogs for short errands, going to church, visiting friends, etc.
> Instead of trying to breed slow, non-energetic labs, the schools could be
> using a wider variety of breeds for the variety of people they serve.
>
> Not that I expect any of the big schools to try anything like that.  They
> tend to stick with the old methods.  Which is OK, but a little inovation
> could be interesting.
> Tracy
>
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