[nagdu] Grave problems with Pilot Dogs program

[The Pawpower Pack]

Yes they are very much alike.  i think if we ever got together, they'd be in a race all the time to be leader! lol! 

Rox 
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On 15 Apr 2011, at 01:05 PM, "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Rox,
> 
> Are we sure poodles aren't just curly dobes?  Or is it that dobes are
> poodles without curls?  /grin/
> 
> Mitzi will follow well, but she makes it clear that this is not the way it
> ought to be done.  She is a guide dog; therefore, she should be the one
> guiding.  /lol/  Poodles in general seem to want to go ahead and lead the
> way, and they're natural pullers, so much so that they can damage their own
> tracheas pulling against the collar...  So it's best to use a martingale
> harness or something on that order, or else a carefully managed Halti or GL,
> especially while they're young and immune to such commands as "heel."  /lol/
> I had quite the learning experience just with basic leash training on the
> sidewalk, since my lifetime prior dog experience was with BC and Aussie
> types.
> 
> Ah, well, Mitzi heels now -- even off leash -- but she makes it clear that
> it is not her preferred way of doing things...  I think she and Laveau may
> be secret soul mates.  /grin/  Wouldn't trade the poodle thing for the
> world, except maybe the cost of haircuts.
> 
> Tami Smith-Kinney
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of The Pawpower Pack
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 7:39 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Grave problems with Pilot Dogs program
> 
> Lisa,
> 
> I'm Deafblind and my dog needs to be very solid in the "follow" cue.   
> I can't communicate in spoken English and signing tactually while  
> walking is nearly impossible unless you are going sighted guide so my  
> dog is expected to follow whom I designate.
> 
> She does not follow random people.  The "follow" cue is like any other  
> cue.  If you used their logic then why teach the dog any cue because  
> the dog may decide to randomly perform it such as turning left even if  
> you haven't told the dog to do so.
> What I notice with many dogs is that they like the "follow" cue  
> because it is less work to follow someone than to actually guide and  
> be focused.  We all like to take the easy rout, dogs included.
> I'm very lucky and probably different than most on this list.  My dog  
> is a Doberman and she does not enjoy following others.  She hates  
> being forced to walk behind someone and not to make the decisions.   
> Controlling? yeah, just a bit. :)
> But I guess I'll keep her.
> 
> Rox and the Botanical Barkers:
> Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
> "The only problem with troubleshooting is, sometimes, trouble shoots  
> back."
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