[nagdu] Concrete was Re: going off leash

[Julie J.]

Monty and Belle will go on just about anything that isn't concrete, 
including grass, wood chips, gravel, dirt etc.   I thought about 
teaching Monty to relieve on concrete, but honestly I live in a very 
small town that is full of grass.  Even when I travel it's almost always 
to places that have an abundance of grass.  It's only been a small 
problem once, but we found a small patch of gravel with some weeds that 
worked out fine. If I lived in a huge city or traveled more I'd probably 
have to rethink this approach.

Julie




On 2/13/2012 6:55 PM, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, what do different people use? Do you use 
> exclusively concrete, exclusively not concrete, or either?
> At GDB, the dogs get relieved on concrete. Some of the dogs refused to 
> go on concrete, so they have what I jokingly call "grass rights." The 
> dog that my roommate first received (he got pulled from the program 
> before class was over) refused to go on the concrete. Finally, they 
> let him go on the grass, and the joke for that day was that he had 
> created Niagara Falls.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 4:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] going off leash
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>
>> Hannah,
>>
>> Are you relieving her on concrete or grass or something else?  I know 
>> a lot of people prefer their dogs to relieve on concrete because that 
>> is the way they were trained and it's easier to pick up.  I totally 
>> can understand that.  I also know that some dogs strongly prefer 
>> grass and sometimes you have to choose your battles.  Not sayin' you 
>> should relieve her on grass if that isn't what you want to do, just 
>> tossing it out as a thought.
>>
>> Julie
>> On 2/13/2012 6:33 PM, Hannah Chadwick wrote:
>>> Thank you Lori. I live in a house and yes I'm definitely aware of the
>>> problem of not knowing where to pick up after her.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>>> Behalf
>>> Of loriandleo
>>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 4:10 PM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> 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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