[nagdu] Now Experimenting with Poodles

[Buddy Brannan]

Wow, that's interesting that they're experimenting with poodles. Remember that bit in Love In the Lead, where the French government donated a bunch of poodles to be trained as guide dogs, because they didn't want GSD's? And the poodles proved to be very intelligent but lacking in intelligent disobedience, i.e. they'd go forward on command, right into a hole? So they quit working with them. While I understand that other schools here and abroad have been working successfully with poodles for years if not decades, I wonder what magic switch was flipped, or whatever, that Jack missed out on back in the day? More idle curiosity than anything else. 
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
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On Jul 11, 2012, at 9:48 AM, Margo and Arrow <margo.downey at verizon.net> wrote:

> Seeing eye is now experimenting with the use of poodles instead of boxers due to the boxers' health issues.  boxers have heart issues.  Seeing Eye has placed 2 poodles so far.  the Seeing Eye purchased many boxers only to have one make it recently.  
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> I am paraphrasing one of the Supervisors from the Seeing Eye.
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> Margo and Arrow
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