[nagdu] Now Experimenting with Poodles

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Hey Poodle guide dog owners chime in on this.  I, too, was told this at TSE 
back in the 1990s when I asked about this.

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <buddy at brannan.name>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Now Experimenting with Poodles


> 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.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
>
> 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.
>>
>> I am paraphrasing one of the Supervisors from the Seeing Eye.
>>
>> Margo and Arrow
>>
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