[nagdu] allergies

Mon Feb 27 01:19:31 UTC 2012

I can think of a lot of little dogs!  Mostly poodle crosses.  However 
shi-zus, lopsels and there crosses are probably good.
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From: "Lea williams" <leanicole1988 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] allergies


> so other than a Vislas and a poodle? what other breed of dogs are good
> for people with alergies?
>
> On 2/26/12, Robert Hooper <hooper.90 at buckeyemail.osu.edu> wrote:
>> 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
>> The Ohio State University
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>> (740) 856-8195
>>
>>
>> -----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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