[nagdu] should guides be given a second owner if it doesn't work out with the first owner?

[Brittney N. Mejico]

Great ADVICE!
All relationships take time, and everyday gets a little better.  Dogs are 
definitely not robots, it would be kind of boring if they were LOL.  They do 
do some strange things sometimes, I'm sure they feel the same way about us 
too.  Sometimes I wonder if the reissued dogs miss there old handlers, and 
how hard it must be for them to go through all thease different transitions.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Lisa Irving
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 8:43 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] should guides be given a second owner if it doesn't 
work out with the first owner?

Perhaps you're reacting to what you understand. Maybe some of us can offer
other perspectives.  We had a student in class that was sent home without
her dog. It must have been hard of both of them. I learned the dog was
placed with another student a few months later. This seems practical  to me.

You mentioned that Harvard (awesome name) has habits that have taken a long
time to break. If it's any concelation it generally takes six months to a
year to solidify the working partnership between you; the guide, and
Harvard; the dog guide. I've had Bernie about six months. I thought he had
finally crossed the bridge on not going spastic over other dogs. he did so
well at a doggie event last weekend. Well, tonight Bernie decided to go into
bouncing Jack Rabbit mode when another dog and person started to pass us.
All worthy relationships take time and a lot of personal investment.

Lisa and Bernie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brittney N. Mejico" <brittneymejico at verizon.net>
To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 3:19 PM
Subject: [nagdu] should guides be given a second owner if it doesn't work
out with the first owner?


Hello all,
My dog had another handler before me.  I don’t think that guides should be
given another handlerbecause the dog picksup a lot of bad habits and they
are  really hard to get rid of.  I love my  dog very muchand harvard has
changed my life, but it took me a year to stop a lot of her bad habbits, and
we still have some work to do.  What do you guys think? am I over reacting?


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