[nagdu] Guide Dogs and Pets

Fri Dec 28 22:44:28 UTC 2012

I really like the little critters and Landon has made friends with a couple 
of the rats we use for pet therapy with the Humane Society.

Sorry to hear about your pet rat's demise - yes, rats are prey animals and 
dogs are preditors.  As much as Landon accepts the rabbit, guinea pigs and 
rats at our program, I wouldn't think of allowing landon and one of those 
animals to be unsupervised in a room alone.

My niece found out that fact the hard way when she had the hamster in his 
ball rolling around the house.  They all got busy doing other things and 
their terrier mix had other plans for the hamster.  The dog killed the 
hamster by opening the ball up and snatching the little hapless guy.  When 
she got mad at the dog, I said to her, "Duh, terriers hunt rodents - were 
bred to do this."

There just are animals that can't be put together and left alone - birds and 
cats, big snakes and rats, well, you get the picture.  Dogs do well if they 
are introduced off of your property and brought into the house together. 
The person must show the existing dog that the new dog is part of the pack 
and you're still the head honcho.  Give them all attention and love and 
they'll be fine.

Lyn and Landon
"Education creates tolerance towards diversity."
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 6:09 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs and Pets

>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
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>>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
>>
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>> 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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