[nagdu] When is the Connection Too Much?

Wed Jan 11 03:39:02 UTC 2012

I educate my guests.  I feel that when you come to my home you're coming to 
Holly's home as well.  I educate them about food, toys and treats.  Also 
playing.  If they don't follow the rules, then Holly goes in her crate or on 
a short leash.  And if the guest doesn't listen to what I have to say and 
for instance tries to feed the dogs people food or bbones, well, I tend not 
to invite them over much.  I feel dogs are sort of like kids.  If you can't 
follow the rules on how I'd like you to treat them, how could I trust them 
to listen to what I wanted them to deal with my kids!  I had a woman come 
over to my house once.  She was a friend of the family.  But she never came 
to the house before.  I was stand on the porch when my little pet came out. 
Well, sort of snuck out when I reached in for something.  She was dressed 
nice and he pawed her for attention.  My intention was to take him back 
inside and put him in the back room sence he was never crate trained. 
Before I could grab him up, she kicked him.  She has never been near my 
house again!  I would have peed on her leg if I could but I didn't think of 
it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Johnson" <blinddog3 at charter.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] When is the Connection Too Much?


>I would have to agree with Tony.  These actions in essence, are enabling 
>the
> dog to not do what it was trained to do, thus the behaviors on the part of
> the handler, whether the dog is working or not, reinforce simply, bad
> behaviors.
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Toni Whaley
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 6:44 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] When is the Connection Too Much?
>
> Bill,
>
> I personally think it's inappropriate to use the dog's name in a business
> letter. Regarding having the run of the house, I think that depends on the
> nature of the dog. If the dog tends to be overly friendly especially when
> food is around, I think the dog should be in a crate or on a tiedown. Onn
> the other hand, if the dog doesn't really care about company and tends to
> stay out of the way or disappears, I think it's OK. Of course, there's the
> problem that the guests themselves may be more of a problem than the dog;
> that is, getting the dog too excited. I've had dogs of both types. I've 
> also
> tended to keep my dog out of sight on Haliween. evening, both to prevent 
> the
> dog from getting too excited and running out the opened door and/or 
> scaring
> some of the children.
>
> Toni
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of William Burley
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:10 PM
> To: NAGDU
> Subject: [nagdu] When is the Connection Too Much?
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I hope everyone is well.  I had an interesting discussion today with a
> longtime guide dog user.  She brought up the fact that some handlers seem 
> to
> take their relationships overboard with their guide dogs.
>
>
>
> Some examples she gave were:
>
>
>
> .         Including the dog's name in a professional e-mail signature
>
> .         Allowing the dog to have run of the house, even when guests are
> there
>
>
>
> She gave some others but I am drawing a blank now.  I have not experienced
> the two examples above but could see her point.  Have you guys dealt with
> someone you thought took their relationship with their guide to an 
> unhealthy
> level?
>
>
>
> Will
>
>
>
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