[nagdu] allergies

Mon Feb 27 01:15:57 UTC 2012

They can also match you up with a calm, socible dog.  What I was saying abov 
is a generalization.  I've seen a wide range of doggie charictors within 
each breed.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Hooper" <hooper.90 at buckeyemail.osu.edu>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] allergies


> Hello:
>
> Well, as you said, each dog is different. I have a shepherd who is just as 
> laid back as you could hope--however, if I tell him it's time to play and 
> whip out the Kong, forget it--he's all over the place. All guide dogs 
> should be "good" with kids, so far as good means not aggressive, tolerant, 
> etc. Labs are known for their outgoing social nature. My mother has 
> poodles, and they seem to be mid-way between a lab and a shepherd on the 
> social scale.
>
> I think it's more important to tell the trainers about the behavior you 
> desire from a dog rather than just the breeds--ideally, all guide dogs 
> will be quiet and still when told to be so, and vice versa. There are 
> general differences in breeds, but some dogs are just different.
> One of my class mates at TSE had a shepherd who had the stubbornness of a 
> shepherd but the food drive of a lab. I have a shepherd who is 
> surprisingly social (for a shepherd) but who hasn't the food drive of a 
> lab. He is reserved until he detects that it's time to play, and then as I 
> said, he can be a ball of energy. I don't know much about shedding, 
> allergies, etc., as that wasn't a concern for me. As far as that goes, it 
> would probably be better to focus on different breeds.
> So, to recap--focus on individual dogs (and not breeds) for desirable 
> personality traits and breeds for desired allergenic and coat 
> characteristics. I hope this is some tiny photon of help.
>
> Robert Hooper
> Hooper.90 at buckeyemail.osu.edu
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of Jessica Pitzer
> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 5:42 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] allergies
>
> so, here is my question.
> i'm on teh list for pilot, at this time they are only searching for a 
> female standard poodle for me because I have minor dog allergy, and I 
> absolutely can't stand the dog hair the labs put off, it made me itch, and 
> I couldn't handle the extra carpet it seemed to make next to my bed where 
> my dog woudl lay.
> Now here is the question. I know pilot does 7 breeds, german shepherd, 
> golden, lab, dobby, boxer, vizsla, and poodle.
> I need a dog who is lowish shed, or at least shorter hair, or something I 
> could brush out and it owuldnt' beleft on the floor so much as in the 
> brush. I need a dog who is rreally really good with kids. I have a 5 month 
> old baby, and I hope to have another baby in the future, so this dog will 
> need to be okay with that.
> I prefer a more laid back kind of dog, one who woudl lay down rather than 
> run 50 laps aroudn my house non stop. I don't mind going out in the back 
> yard for some leash/off leash time once we have a fence for the off leash, 
> or some fetch etc. but I need a dog who will be quieter in teh house, a 
> lot of constant novement like that makes me nervous.
> I know there are differences in each individual dog, however I'm wondering 
> if I could open up my breed list to pilot a bit and if so what breeds? I 
> also am wondering about something else. I have had a couple of labs and 
> seen countless others. Some seem to have very thick almost fluffy type 
> coats, while a few I've felt had very short, almost fuzzy coats, whcih 
> didn't seem to shed as much has anyone else seen this? If so could I 
> perhaps ask them to find me a lab like that?
> Apartment form that, what of the 7 breeds have you known to be calm, good 
> with kids, and the rest of the stuff I've said here? Shoudl I just stick 
> with teh poodle? I'm just asking this because I'm afraid that by limiting 
> myself to the poodle I might be passing up a very good dog of another 
> breed, but at the same time I dont' want hair completely everywhere.
> Jessica
>
> On 2/26/12, Larry D. Keeler <lkeeler at comcast.net> wrote:
>> When I went to Pilot, they corrected the harness probblem.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 4:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] allergies
>>
>>
>>> Welcome back, Lori.
>>>
>>> I knew two Vislas from Pilot back in the 1990s.  They were both good
>>> dogs but I saw that Pilot didn't have a harness small enough to fit
>>> them properly.  I never saw a Visla before meeting those two but I
>>> had heard about the breed from dog books and dog shows.
>>>
>>> Their hair is extremely short with a single layer coat.  So Pilot no
>>> longer uses that breed?  There's nobody around here with a Pilot dog
>>> anymore. One person with a Pilot dog moved away and the other two
>>> went to other schools when they retired their Vislas.  Wonder why
>>> Pilot stopped using Vislas?
>>>
>>> Lyn and Landon
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "loriandleo" <loriandleo at ohiohills.com>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 3:50 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] allergies
>>>
>>>
>>>> Nicloe,
>>>>
>>>> Pilot Dog used to train Vesula's. Take care.
>>>>
>>>> Lori and the Gipper
>>>>
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