[nagdu] My new dog

[rhonda cruz]

Yes.  mark.  i undernderstand.  sheppards.  are hard headed.
but they are awesome.  workers.


> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark J.  Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com
>To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:33:40 -0500
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] My new dog

>My dog tries it, and finds me quickly there with a sharp 
correction.
>Sometimes he pretends he doesn't hear me, witch means I have to 
go over and
>get him.  I live in a dorm room, so he can't go far, and is 
always within a
>few feet of me.  Sometimes when I am trying to groom him, he has 
his collar
>off, and, he goes over to the opposite side of the room.  He is 
like, ha-ha,
>you can't make me listen.  It's too funny.  Then I go over there, 
and make him
>do obedient and remind him, because I am the one with thumbs, I 
am the boss.



>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net
>To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users"
><nagdu at nfbnet.org
>Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 7:46 AM
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] My new dog


>> Hi Mark!  I've been wondering how it was going for you.  Glad to 
hear it's
>> going well.  And he sounds like a fine fellow.

>> In my experience, dogs may start out quiet, but, once they start 
feeling
>> comfortable, they start coming out of their shell and testing 
you to see
>> what rules will stay and which will go.  In class, it takes a 
week or two
>> to start.  Not sure if it's the same at home, but I'd think it 
would be.
>> Hope all continues to go well.
>> Tracy

>>> 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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