[nagdu] Name Game? was Re: Going out during training

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

Does that organization use what I call "the name game" where all the puppies 
in a litter have names that start with the same letter?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GARY STEEVES" <rainshadowmusic at shaw.ca>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Going out during training


>
> Hi Tracy:
>
> I agree with you. During my class I started off slowly leaving Bogart 
> alone in the room and would see how he reacted. I sort of broke the rules 
> first by showing up at the end of day meeting without Bogart. My room was 
> right across from the meeting room so I could hear what he was doing. I 
> live in an apartment so it was crucial that I could have confidence in him 
> that he wouldn't bark if I left him home alone. I think my instructors 
> trusted me and how I worked with Bogart so I think they got what I was 
> trying to do.
>
>
>
> Once he was pretty good I did nip down to the bar for a beer or two but he 
> was never lefr alone for more than 4 hours.
>
> The othergirls in the class were all under 18 and they were interested in 
> checking out boys at the local coffee shop.  It was actually Bogart's 
> brother, Byran, who did all the barking which did worry me a bit with 
> regards to Bogart but so far he seems very good in this regard.
>
> I don't think the girls should have been sent home but I think that if the 
> dog wasn't doing good being left alone then they should have had to work 
> at it to build up the dogs trust that you'd come back.
>
> Gary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 11:23 am
> Subject: [nagdu] Going out during training
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>
>> I don't think that going out with a brand-new dog, in an
>> unfamiliar area,
>> during class is a good idea, certainly not in the first couple
>> weeks.  It
>> takes a while for the dog and person to adjust to each other,
>> and, until
>> that happens, the guiding/following may not be all it should be.
>> As to going out without the dog, I wonder what people think
>> should happen
>> in the following:
>> I was rather shocked by an episode Gary related about his
>> class.  People
>> were free to go out after the training day, and it sounded like
>> one woman
>> was making a habit of taking off, leaving her dog in the room,
>> where it
>> started barking its head off, and other people repeatedly had to
>> go and
>> deal with the problem.
>> If people are free to go out, and their dog causes a problem in their
>> absence, I think it would be reasonable to give them a warning,
>> and, if it
>> happens again, send them home.  After all, they're in class
>> to learn how
>> to handle a dog, and if bar-hopping is more important...out they go!
>>
>> It did sound nice in Gary's class, to be able to nip down to the
>> cornerand have a brewski.  But TSE is too far out in the
>> country for that.  GDB
>> too, for that matter.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
>>
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