[nagdu] Issuing dogs at 18 months - is it too young?

Lisa Irving lirving1234 at cox.net
Wed Apr 6 06:18:29 UTC 2011 

Thank you for voicing your position. I was reluctant to.

Bernie turned two years old about six weeks after we returned home from 
school. He's not down-right puppy like my sassy Goldie, Wheat was. I think 
Wheat, my first guide dog was, perhaps 18 months old, maybe 20 months old. 
Both of us were too young, or at least too amped.

Lisa and Bernie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 9:58 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Issuing dogs at 18 months - is it too young?


>I think that is too young.  Many of the schools raised the age for training 
>the dogs was because there was too much real puppy behavior and chewing. 
>So the schools are going back to this problem???  Getting the dogs at two 
>is puppy enough for me!  To me, this is like giving a 14 year old kid the 
>same responsibilities as an adult of 30. The dogs need maturation time and 
>I don't think most dogs are there at 18 months old.
>
> I got my second guide when she was one year old and I think she was born 
> mature!  She was an unusual dog in the maturity department.  This same dog 
> was ready to retire at age 7.  So, I don't think you get more working time 
> out of a dog by training and issueing a dog that young.  Last month, I met 
> a new guide from GDB that was 18 months old - a yellow Lab.  Who knows how 
> long this dog will work.
>
> I just think that the dogs need to mature a bit longer and issuing them at 
> 22 months is young enough.
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 8:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Spring fever? Where?
>
>
>> Yes we have 18 month old guide dogs oh what fun they are.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lisa Irving <lirving1234 at cox.net>
>> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 9:17 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Spring fever? Where?
>>
>> Hi Shiela and clan,
>>
>> I too have a son who recently turned 22 years old. Did you say that you 
>> and
>> your hubby have 18 mo. guide dogs?
>>
>> Lisa and Bernie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 12:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Spring fever? Where?
>>
>>
>>> Hi I'm married and we have a 23 year old son. We both have bran new 
>>> guide
>>> dogs mine is a golden retriever named tres pronounced tray and yes I do
>>> use jaws. My husband harold has a golden retriever named sampson. They 
>>> are
>>> eighteen months old and were born
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Tamara Smith-Kinney <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 10:17 AM
>>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Spring fever? Where?
>>>
>>> Welcome, Sheila!  Sorry about the snow there.  We just have soggy skies
>>> and
>>> ground and mud, with unseasonably low temps...  Also, crazy dogs!
>>>
>>> I'm Tami (pronounced Tammy, in case you're using JAWS), and I live in
>>> Oregon
>>> with my nearly 5-year-old owner-trained poodle guide Mitzi.  We share a
>>> household with a 3-legged coonhound named Daisy and her dad (DD), as 
>>> well
>>> as
>>> Big Brother (BB) and his chinchilla Tiki.  It takes all 3 of us humans 
>>> to
>>> keep the dogs entertained indoors by now.  When the boys are away, we
>>> girls
>>> get really rowdy and Mitzi and I let Daisy bark indoors to her heart's
>>> content just to get it out of her system.  /lol/  Like I said, crazy!
>>>
>>> Anyway, welcome.  I look forward to hearing about you and your dog there
>>> in
>>> the wilds of Montana.  We do have another person from Montana on the 
>>> list,
>>> but I can't remember exactly where she is.
>>>
>>> Tami Smith-Kinney
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Sheila Leigland
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 7:16 AM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Spring fever? Where?
>>>
>>> Hi I am knew to the list, we live in great falls Montana and it is 
>>> snowing
>>> and our dogs are crazy today.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Lisa Irving <lirving1234 at cox.net>
>>> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 10:28 PM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Spring fever? Where?
>>>
>>> Well, we're suffering out here in Cali. It's only going to be about 60
>>> degrees inland. You know, when it drops below 55 degrees, it's like a
>>> "three
>>>
>>> dog night".
>>>
>>> Lisa and Bernie
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 7:14 AM
>>> Subject: [nagdu] Spring fever? Where?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Seriously, it snowed here on Long Island a little bit and it was cold
>>>> last
>>>
>>>> night.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>  From: Brenda Noland<mailto:bjnite at windstream.net>
>>>>  To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>>>> Users<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>>  Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 7:38 AM
>>>>  Subject: Re: [nagdu] New Service Animal Hotline
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  What spring fever, it is still cold and I have a little pile of snow 
>>>> in
>>>>  my yarde.
>>>>  Brenda
>>>>
>>>>  On 4/1/2011 10:23 PM, Tamara Smith-Kinney wrote:
>>>>  > Cheryl,
>>>>  >
>>>>  > The list has been quiet.  We're all busy with other things or
>>>> suffering
>>>
>>>> the
>>>>  > final mental meltdown caused by delayed Spring Fever.  /smile/
>>>>  >
>>>>  > Tami Smith-Kinney
>>>>  >
>>>>  > -----Original Message-----
>>>>  > From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org>
>>>> [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>>>>  > Of cheryl echevarria
>>>>  > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 10:20 AM
>>>>  > To: nagdu
>>>>  > Subject: [nagdu] New Service Animal Hotline
>>>>  >
>>>>  > Is this in affect yet?
>>>>  >
>>>>  > It was posted on the Guide Dog Foundation Grad list, and I hadn't
>>>> heard
>>>
>>>> it
>>>>  > was live yet
>>>>  >
>>>>  > Also, this list has been quiet, or I am just not getting messages
>>>>  >
>>>>  > The biggest compliment you can pay me is to recommend my services!
>>>>  >
>>>>  > Cheryl Echevarria
>>>>  > CD-10646
>>>>  >
>>>>
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