[nagdu] Concrete was Re: going off leash

[Ava Foster]

Cocoa will go on grass, wood mulch, or concrete. My first dog, my
guide Jet, was a grass-only girl! She'd hold it 14 hours rather than
go on concrete! Ava

On 2/13/12, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> 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
>
>
>> 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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