[nagdu] what do you do with your dog when you go away?

[Mark J. Cadigan]

If you get the proper paperwork, why would you not be able to take your dog 
on these trips?

----- 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: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 2:19 PM
Subject: [nagdu] what do you do with your dog when you go away?


> Hello Everyone:
>
> As many of you may recall, I'm a fairly new dog guide handler. Over the 
> next several months I must go away almost once a month. Bonn germany for 5 
> days in February, Turkey in end of march for 8 or 9 days, Montreal at the 
> end of april for 4 days and then a holiday to hawaii in May for 10 days.
>
> I'm curious what others do with their dogs when they can't take them with 
> them?
>
> I have several options for many of these trips. The first one is that 
> bogart stays at home and will just have to be at home alone while Susan, 
> my girlfriend is at work. Her thought is that although he will be stressed 
> with me gone and being at home alone for 8.5 hours, it will be in his 
> familiar surroundings with his toys, our guinea pigs and my smells (and 
> Susan of course0).
>
> Second option is my supervisor at work has offered to take him for any/all 
> of these trips. She has two dogs at home and her husband stays home all 
> day. He takes them out for a couple of walks a day and they have a back 
> yard. Bogart really likes her which could be both good or bad.
>
>
> We have another friend who also have two dogs, a whipet and an older lab, 
> with a back yard and  robert works from home most days.
>
> The last option which I am looking into now is if the local guide dog 
> school, who my dog is not from, would offer any kenneling services (for a 
> fee of course) or access to any of their puppy raisers who would be 
> intersted in looking after bogart for some of these trips for a fee as 
> well. My thought is this option, if possible, would best keep bogart's 
> training at a reasonable  level. :)
>
> Do any of you have thoughts on what you think would be best. I've left a 
> message for my trainers at my school as well to bounce these options off 
> her too but the more thoughts I have I think the more I can look at pros 
> and cons.
>
> Thanks
> Gary
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