[nagdu] extremely basic guide dog questions...

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Gloria, 
If you want a toileting harness, nothing is stopping you from getting and using one. 
GDB may approve, they may not, but either way, it's your call. 


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Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] extremely basic guide dog questions...

Sherry and all,

A toileting harness isn't always used because the dog needs it.  Many  
handlers with disabilities in addition to blindness, find this tool  
useful because a harness like this allows them to pick up after their  
dog independently.
Also sometimes if a handler lives in a very snowy environment, or a  
place with a great deal of debris on the ground, they may find a  
toileting harness useful in keeping the dog's poop in one spot.   
Sometimes environments like this make it very hard to thoroughly clean  
up after a dog.  I have taught the dogs to use the harness and it has  
been very easy.


Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD and Laveau guide dog, CGC.
Do not meddle in the affaires of dragons, for you are crunchy and  
taste good with ketchup.
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