[nagdu] My new dog

[rhonda cruz]

hi mark,
Comgrads.  About your sheppeard.
Yay! From rhonda and mya.

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark J.  Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com
>To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
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>Date sent: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:35:40 -0500
>Subject: [nagdu] My new dog

>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.
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