[nagdu] extremely basic guide dog questions...

[Tami Kinney]

Also, in some apartment situations, they can come in very handy...
Especially if you have the flu and don't want to ooze down the stairs
and along the sidewalk to take your dog out. /lol/ That was my
inspiration for getting one.  I didin't manage to get the dog trained to
it, since she refused to go while wearing the thing, and I began to
worry about her health. /lol/ Stubborn critter. She didn't mind wearing
it and would dash and play around the house with the plastic grocery bag
crackling behind her. Fortunately, I did not again have the flue until I
was living in a place with a back yard and another human to let her out.
Or at least to help haul me to the door to let her out before she would
go out for anyone but me.  Silly critter. /smile/

So there are a number of situations and times when they can come in
handy. For now, I keep mine in case of old age issues for Daisy or,
later, for Mitzi.  And I can see how it might come in a handy thing to
have in some travel situations.  So not a useless item even if you don't
use it all the time in your normal life.

On Tue, 2011-07-26 at 12:44 -0500, The Pawpower Pack wrote: 
> 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
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