[nagdu] Guide Dogs and Pets

Thu Dec 27 19:17:16 UTC 2012

No, I had my other pets first!  With a little patience it usually works out 
well.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharonda Greenlaw" <sbgreenlaw at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs and Pets


>I may not have read it all, but it seems like most folks had their guides 
>first, then got other dogs.  What abut the reverse? How did your pet dog 
>react to a guide who goes practically everywhere? This is a real concern of 
>mine and prevents me from getting a guide.
>
> ~Sharonda
>
> Sent from my iPhone; please excuse all mistakes
>
> On Dec 27, 2012, at 7:09 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>
>> I used to keep pet rats.  I really like them.
>> One day, one of my rats got out of his cage, and my pet poodle killed 
>> him. Usually, Dino was a very calm dog, but, when he saw the little 
>> rodent going across the floor, he saw it as prey.  I've also known 
>> poodles to kill birds.
>> So you have to be careful with dogs and small animals.
>> Tracy
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margo and Arrow" 
>> <margo.downey at verizon.net>
>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 6:22 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs and Pets
>>
>>
>>> I want to eupand this subject a bit. I think Arrow would enjoy having 
>>> another dog around. We have a cat at home and he and Nina hang out 
>>> together quite a bit and they have to know what the other is doing.
>>>
>>> How about exotic pets? My partner's daughter's family now has a cute 
>>> little white rat for a pet. They have named her Spike Taco Rocko I 
>>> haven't yet let Arrow and Spike meet because she's new to their family 
>>> and am iure it's an adjustment for her. I also don't want either Arrow 
>>> or Spike to accidentally hurt one another. I intend to talk to Arrow's 
>>> vet about this and also to a pet store owng.
>>>
>>> Margo and Arrow
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Kody Keplinger <kodytheduff at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>>> nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> Date: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 11:09 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs and Pets
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm SO GLAD this question got asked because I'm getting a guide dog 
>>>> this
>>>> year and was hoping to get another (large) dog as a pet in a couple of
>>>> years.  So I'm glad to hear, from most of these responses, that it's 
>>>> doable.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > I have Fisher and two other dogs. The others came to live here after
>>>> > Fisher did. They have their little spats and their jealous moments, 
>>>> > but
>>>> > some of their little spats are really just playing.
>>>> >
>>>> > CL
>>>> >
>>>> > On Dec 26, 2012, at 9:54 PM, Deb and Cori wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > > I have 3 11-year-old housecats: spayed and declawed.
>>>> > > My golden retriever Seeing Eye dog, Cori, loves her cats.  They 
>>>> > > love > > her
>>>> > too. They sleep against her and when she is afraid of thunder, they 
>>>> > put
>>>> > their heads against her and make little trill noises to try to calm 
>>>> > her
>>>> > down.
>>>> > > If they cry, she comes running.
>>>> > > Nothing better happen to her cats.
>>>> > > So, yes, you can certainly have other pets when you have a guide 
>>>> > > dog.
>>>> > >
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