[nagdu] Concrete was Re: going off leash

Tue Feb 14 06:12:13 UTC 2012

Hi.

At Guiding Eyes our dogs learned to relieve on concrete.  Brie will go
on either concrete or grass.  She prefers grass because she likes to
sniff and sniff forever.  I prefer concrete because she does not sniff
and sniff forever on concrete.  :)

Unfortunately, at my school I use grass to park her because it is more
available.  At my mom's and dad's houses I use concrete.  I'd use
exclusively concrete if I could.  She takes so much less time to park
on concrete.  Also, in the grass she is a lot more picky about where
she relieves.

Now you know what the most fun is: parking in snow!  *sarcastic*

On 2/13/12, Toni Whaley <blind_treasurer at verizon.net> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I've gotten dogs from Guiding eyes for the blind and Seeing eye. At both
> schools we relieved on concrete. All of my eight dogs learned to do this,
> and I continued to have them relieve on concrete forr a long time after I
> got home. This waas because for most of the 30 years I've had a guide dog I
> worked in downtown Philadelphia where there is very little grass. After some
> time I then allowed the dogs to relieve on grass at home and other
> locations. This change in policy didn't cause my dogs to stop relieving on
> concrete. All of them learned to pull to thee curb when they wanted to
> relieve. Of course, sometimes it wasn't safe to relieve at the curb on the
> street we were walking along. But they learned I knew they had to go and
> would find the nearst safe place (less busy street, alley, parking lot, or
> driveway) for them.
>
> Toni
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:56 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] Concrete was Re: going off leash
>
> 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
>
>
>> 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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-- 
Julie McG
 Lindbergh High School class of 2009, participating member in Opera
Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of Guiding
Eyes for the Blind

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