[nagdu] Off Leash Re: going off leash

Nicole B. Torcolini at Home ntorcolini at wavecable.com
Tue Feb 14 00:46:27 UTC 2012


Sorry for the confusion, but the email was not intended specifically for 
Hannah. I thought that by changing the subject line that that would be 
understood, but I apologize if it was not clear.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Off Leash Re: going off leash


> Nicole, I don't think this is the point. She doesn't need to be chastised; 
> she needs support to find a way to make the pup more comfortable. I won't 
> say more on this.
>
> Cindy
>
> On Feb 13, 2012, at 6:12 PM, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home wrote:
>
>> JMHO, it does not matter how long you have been a team for. Letting your 
>> dog off leash in an area that is not enclosed is generally not a good 
>> idea, especially if there are a lot of distractions and/or you have a dog 
>> that could run forever.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "loriandleo" 
>> <loriandleo at ohiohills.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 4:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] going off leash
>>
>>
>>> Hi Hannah,
>>>
>>> When you take Princess out to releave her, before you have her do her
>>> business, you might want to take her for a short walk . By taking 
>>> Princess
>>> for a short walk, this might just be what she needs to get her to go pee 
>>> and
>>> poop. Some dogs need to be stimulated to  go and a walk can help with
>>> getting her to go. Also always keep Princess on leash when outside with 
>>> her.
>>> Because if you don't have Princess on leash, she can take off and have 
>>> free
>>> run of the area and since Princess and you are a new team you're still 
>>> in
>>> the bonding stages and she might not come back to you when you call her 
>>> if
>>> she's off leash. Do you live in a apartment complex or a house? Also, if 
>>> you
>>> took Princess off leash and she pooped, how would you know where to pick 
>>> up
>>> after she goes?  Also, make sure you keep her on leash next to you or in 
>>> a
>>> crate or on tie down until you can get this issue with Princess's 
>>> releaving
>>> bahits under control. You got to establish the rules, limits and 
>>> boundries
>>> for Princess and let her know that you'r the pack leader and why she 
>>> isn't.
>>> Take care.
>>>
>>> Lori and theGipper
>>>
>>>
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