[nagdu] Collies was Re: New guide dog school

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Your friend may not have been able to keep up the assertiveness over time. I work with a guy who says "Anybody can do anything if they only need to do it for a little while".
Be gentler with your friend.

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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Collies was Re: New guide dog school

That depends. As far as Collies go, if you're someone who is good at being
assertive, it would not be a problem. However, collies/border collies are so
smart that intelligence turns into stubbornness. It may not be a problem as
far as guide work, but it can be a problem with smaller things. My friend
had a collie as a guide once. She was not the kind of person to be
assertive. Usually, she could not make him stop barking. One time, when I
was keeping him for a little while, he started barking, and, when I told him
to stop in a firm voice, he did.

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> collies would be great guides, but then again so would be many other
> kinds. I would like a wolf for a guide, but that for sure isn't gonna
> happen.  I am pretty sure the idea of training a wolf would get shot down
> by many individuals.  What about New finlands?  If you think about many
> breeds would make great guides.  If you can train a german sheppard to
> guide, which people mostly train for police work and guard dogs,  Couldn't
> you train dogs such as collies wich are used for hurding sheep, mastives
> wich are used as guard dogs, New-finlands wich are used as rescue dogs, to
> be guides?  I could go on and on about different breeds and what they were
> bred to do, but that would just take for ever.  I guess what I am trying
> to say or ask is: If you think about it, couldn't many breeds of dogs make
> great guides?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cindy Ray
> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 5:53 AM
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> I've never met a collie I didn't like. I really pretty much don't care
> what kind of dog I have, though of the ones mostly used I would like
> another Golden Retriever.
>
> On Nov 19, 2011, at 7:17 PM, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home wrote:
>
>> Just out of curiosity, why might you want a collie?
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
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>> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 12:59 PM
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>>
>>> I don't expect rules for or against, but I am curious about those
>>> dobermans and, of course, about no labs. I think I could like a collie.
>>>
>>> Cindy
>>>
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