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

[Lisa Irving]

Brittney,

Think about mutually beneficial relationships you've been involved in. Maybe 
a favorite guy? Maybe a beloved grandparent?

Are we remotely close to perfect?Not me!  We all have off days. We make 
questionable decisions. We get under the other person's skin. We bring out 
the best in the other person. We do things to please the person because we 
care or love that individual. We try to change ourselves because it's 
fruitless to try and change the other person. O. K. maybe this last one 
doesn't apply to our dogs.

Lisa and Bernie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brittney N. Mejico" <brittneymejico at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] should guides be given a second owner if it doesn't 
work out with the first owner?


> 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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