[nagdu] Crisis Averted!

[PICKRELL, REBECCA M (TASC)]

I say we all just say "This dog is  aguide dog, so he/she is hypoallergenic". People believe all kinds of stuff about our guides, why not add this to the mix? 


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of GARY STEEVES
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 2:39 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Crisis Averted!

Hi Doug:

Yes you know, and I know, that dog dander is dog dander which means any dog may create an allergic reaction from a person with said allergies. However, marketing is everything. This means people really believe that non-shedding dogs are hypoallerginic. I won't tell them if you don't. :)

Interestingly enough while I was at my school last year there were a couple of portuguese water dogs in the foster family stage.  Someone had donated them. They didn't get selected to be dog guides but did make it into their hearing program.  I think they ended up being smaller than they thought they'd end up being but I thought it was interesting that they were seeing how other breeds would do. Thinking outside the lab and golden box. ;)

Gary with non-allergitic Bogart the poodle >big smile>


----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Weiner <dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>
Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011 10:46 am
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Crisis Averted!
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>

> Now I'm wondering:
> How successful have those poodle-users on list found the lure of a
> hypo-allergenic dog been to the general public.
> Do those  same allergic or possibly allergic folks who will 
> piss and moan
> when I,a lab handler, get in proximity with my 
> dog    just step aside and
> say "Oh, good I won't be allergic to your dog, I don't mind him 
> in my car,
> house, or near me?"
> 
> As I understand it, dog dander is dog dander and though there 
> are breeds
> which cause less allergenic reactions than others, still they 
> have dog
> dander  and could trigger one.
> 
> Dan W. and Carter 
> 
> 
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