[nagdu] Shepard Guide Dogs
rhonda cruz
rhondaprincess at gmail.com
Sun Jan 1 01:39:14 UTC 2012
hi peggy,
comgrads to you! and nyla,
i'm useing mya she's around 70 pounds.
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Peggy" <pshald at neb.rr.com
>To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:53:18 -0600
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Shepard Guide Dogs
>I, at this time, am using Nyla, she is a shepherd but a little
one weighing
>in at only about 50 pounds. She and I were trained at The Seeing
Eye.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rhonda cruz
>Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 8:27 AM
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Users
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Shepard Guide Dogs
>hi peggy,
>what kind of guide dog, do you you have?
>it's rhonda and mya.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Peggy" <pshald at neb.rr.com
>>To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:38:13 -0600
>>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Shepard Guide Dogs
>>That's too bad that things didn't work out but that could happen
>with any
>>dog ... But it's tough when any match doesn't work!!
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Cindy Ray
>>Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 9:24 PM
>>To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>Users
>>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Shepard Guide Dogs
>>I think my second one came to love me; she did not feel
>comfortable working.
>>She froze when she found someone or something was staring at her.
>I had had
>>enough experience by that time to truly give her a lot of leeway
>and helped
>>her as I could, but it wasn't enough.
>>Cindy
>>On Dec 29, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Peggy wrote:
>>> Their gait is certainly different than a labs, never used any
>other breed
>>> so that's all I have to compare it too. And once you get a
>shepherd it
>>> really can be a pain to get them to love you ... my first
>shepherd never
>>> bonded with me but she did work for me but she never ever really
>liked me
>>> I don't think, she much prefered my boyfriend at the time. Now
>the
>>> shepherd I have now ... on most days she loves me except when
>it's time to
>>> brush her or clean her ears then it's debatable.
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Cindy Ray
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 7:40 PM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>Users
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Shepard Guide Dogs
>>> Don't kid yourself. Shepherds get attention, too, at least
>until they
>>> snarl at someone. And I only had the one that did that. I
>longed for one,
>>> but as an instructor told me once, they have to decide they want
>to work
>>> for you. Neither of the ones I had did that, though the second
>one came
>>> closer. I would have loved one, and I've seen some mighty fine
>ones at
>>> work, too, but I wonder if these others are just a little more
>prepared
>>> for it personality wise sometimes. However, it isn't really so
>much the
>>> breed as the individual personality. I would love one because
>they have
>>> such a fluid gait.
>>> All I've said except for my experience and the gait is purely
>conjecture.
>>> Cindy
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