[nagdu] Give the Dog a Break!

Larry D. Keeler lkeeler at comcast.net
Wed Oct 12 22:15:45 UTC 2011


That's the nature of the guide dog.  They are bonded and really want to go 
with you!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Give the Dog a Break!


>I feel kind of both ways about it.  I live alone and my dogs, current guide
> and retired are always with me.  They don't like to be left home by
> themselves.  I'll do it occasionally for very brief times.  I work from 
> home
> now, but when I worked outside the house and didn't have a retired guide I
> took my dog to work everyday, no matter what.  I couldn't leave her home
> alone for 8 to 10 hours.  my now retired guide did not like to be left 
> home,
> so I never did, unless it was very brief, like 15 to 30 minutes.  So, I do
> think you have to consider your dog's personality in making those 
> decisions.
> however, at work, I would take my dogs harness of, and though she was 
> still
> on leash, she wasn't in that harness mindset.
>
> I left previous dogs home for longer periods of time, but now, if I go
> somewhere without my dog and it will be long, like say to a concert, I
> either have someone stay at my house with my dogs or take them to my 
> friends
> who live nearby.  I'm fortunate, that I live in an area with a lot of 
> puppy
> raisers too, and they are always a good source and willing to do dog 
> sitting
> very occasionally.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of William Burley
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 9:02 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: [nagdu] Give the Dog a Break!
>
> Good morning.
>
>
>
> I was having a discussion with a fellow guide dog user this morning at the
> bank.  We somehow talked about whether you should give your guide a break
> from work every now and then.
>
>
>
> The person's opinion was no as she stated she uses her guide all the
> time.even when the dog isn't feeling all that well.  She said that she 
> just
> won't work it as much.
>
>
>
> My opinion is that we should give our dogs a break pretty regularly.  By
> this I don't mean leave your dog four days a week or anything, but I do 
> feel
> as though the dog does need a break from work.  Their work is more than a
> little stressful, even for the most experienced team.  In those instances
> where the dog is ill, then I really believe you should give it a break.
>
>
>
> Beyond the reasons that a dog should learn to be alone at some point as 
> well
> as de-stress, leaving the dog at home here and there will allow us to keep
> our cane skills up to par.  I think people become overly dependent upon
> their guide.even though this is easy, through experience.  But that dog is
> just like us and needs a break.
>
>
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
>
>
> William Burley
>
> William.burley3 at gmail.com
>
>
>
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>
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