[nagdu] owner training

[Tami Kinney]

Cindy,

Well, you're wise. The time investment in owner-training is something 
else, and if you don't love doing it, the best idea is not to start. 
Still, it is very rewarding, too, despite the difficulties and hazards 
along the way.

Actually, for a guide dog, you do want to start with a dog that will be 
great to live with. /smile/ Some people have gotten great older pups or 
young dogs that already have that; others start with puppies of various 
ages. I started with Mitzi when was a 7-month-old blank slate who had 
been pack-raised on a small acreage. It would have behooved me, for the 
record, to have asked *how* blank the slate was, since I lived in an 
apartment in the city... I don't want to talk about that! Nightmare! But 
I could see that she was such a great dog and had the right stuff, so I 
guess I wouldn't trade her. Still!

Okay, I'm tired and senseless, so won't elaborate further until I have a 
brain again... Don't hold your breath! /lol/

Tami 12/09/2011 06:22 AM, Cindy Ray wrote:
> Actually, Julie, I find this interesting and would like to know more about it myself. I doubt I would ever actually train a dog to guide because I don't feel motivated to do that, but it would carry over into enhancing the training a dog already has or, for that matter, training another dog just to be livable and fun. Hope that doesn't trivialize what you are doing and saying because I don't mean it to.
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