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

[Sharonda Greenlaw]

I would take either of the last of the four options. I would not leave
the dog alone. That's just my $.15.

On 1/19/11, Mark J. Cadigan <kramc11 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
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>
>> 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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