[nagdu] My new dog

[Mark J. Cadigan]

Hi all, 

 

My new dog is doing well. I got him on Tuesday the 3, and yesterday we were doing subway work. 

 

He is an almost 80lb male shepherd. His coloration was called "sable."  The tip of his tale is black, almost like he dipped it in a bucket of paint. He is extremely well behaved, and whenever I stop to talk to someone, he lays down on my left side. Whenever I am at a counter, he automatically lays down between my feet and the counter. He never barks, or chews anything in the house. Unless there is some sort of super compelling distraction like pidgins, he listens to me almost 100% of the time. 

 

My only complaint is sniffing distractions, and bird distractions. However, the bird distraction is more amusing than dangerous. Whenever, he sees a bird on the sidewalk in front of him, he stairs at it, while walking strait at it. When the bird gets scared and flies off, he is so happy, bouncing and wagging his tale.  I don't get on his case about bird distractions so long as he doesn't go after birds that are not in our path anyway, and as he is approaching the bird, he can't mess up his guide work. 

 

I have a red rubber stick that my dog loves. This is like doggy crack. He wants this rubber stick, more than he wants beef jerky or other high value food treats. 

 

Let's call the dog Jon. That's not his name, however, that's the alias we are going with to he decides he doesn't want to run over and make friends with everyone that says his name.