[nagdu] Coming home

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Eve.
Welcome to the list.
I do keep the dog on leash or tie-down for a while.  It varies according to 
the dog, but it's at least a week or two.  I think I kept Ben on tie-down at 
night for about a month, but he had the freedom of the house well before 
that when I was awake and could supervise him.
My retired dog was living with us when Ben came, but they pretty much 
ignored each other.  My old gal had been attacked, and had become wary of 
other dogs, so I asked for a dog that wouldn't pester her and be always in 
her face, and that's what I got.

Ben is my 6th dog, and my first from The Seeing Eye.  The others were from 
GDB San Rafael.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eve Sanchez" <celticyaya at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 4:55 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Coming home


> Okay, so this is the post I was planning. It may show relation to other
> thread, but I am hoping to get a little deeper here. I know that the
> different schools have different policies on coming home and how to work
> with the dog in the first months, but still, putting that aside, people do
> not always go by what is recommended and instead do their own things.
> Mostly I am wondering from the experienced people. Do you keep your dogs 
> on
> leash for a certain amount of time at home? If so how long? And how does
> this work out with the other animals? I know dogs and cats always want to
> get a little friendlier than they should, they do even at school, so how 
> is
> this handled? Do you all go by recommendations or what?How does it work 
> for
> you and not only in regards to the other animals in the house. Blessed Be.
> Eve
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