[nagdu] Shepard Guide Dogs

[Peggy]

I, at this time, am using Nyla, she is a shepherd but a little one weighing 
in at only about 50 pounds.  She and I were trained at The Seeing Eye.



-----Original Message----- 
From: rhonda cruz
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 8:27 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Shepard Guide Dogs

hi peggy,
what kind of guide dog, do you  you have?
it's rhonda and mya.


> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Peggy" <pshald at neb.rr.com
>To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:38:13 -0600
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Shepard Guide Dogs

>That's too bad that things didn't work out but that could happen
with any
>dog ...  But it's tough when any match doesn't work!!



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cindy Ray
>Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 9:24 PM
>To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Shepard Guide Dogs

>I think my second one came to love me; she did not feel
comfortable working.
>She froze when she found someone or something was staring at her.
I had had
>enough experience by that time to truly give her a lot of leeway
and helped
>her as I could, but it wasn't enough.

>Cindy

>On Dec 29, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Peggy wrote:

>> Their gait is certainly different than a labs, never used any
other breed
>> so that's all I have to compare it too.  And once you get a
shepherd it
>> really can be a pain to get them to love you ...  my first
shepherd never
>> bonded with me but she did work for me but she never ever really
liked me
>> I don't think, she much prefered my boyfriend at the time.  Now
the
>> shepherd I have now ...  on most days she loves me except when
it's time to
>> brush her or clean her ears then it's debatable.


>> -----Original Message----- From: Cindy Ray
>> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 7:40 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Shepard Guide Dogs

>> Don't kid yourself.  Shepherds get attention, too, at least
until they
>> snarl at someone.  And I only had the one that did that.  I
longed for one,
>> but as an instructor told me once, they have to decide they want
to work
>> for you.  Neither of the ones I had did that, though the second
one came
>> closer.  I would have loved one, and I've seen some mighty fine
ones at
>> work, too, but I wonder if these others are just a little more
prepared
>> for it personality wise sometimes.  However, it isn't really so
much the
>> breed as the individual personality.  I would love one because
they have
>> such a fluid gait.

>> All I've said except for my experience and the gait is purely
conjecture.

>> Cindy
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