[nagdu] Pilot was guide dog schools and relieving

Sun Jun 24 01:25:24 UTC 2012

I have noticed that as well!  When relieving issues come up, everyone chimes 
in!  In my case, maybe its because I'm full of it and am looking for 
comrads!  But, I aggree with tthose who think we should be picking up after 
our dogs.  They even have pooper-scoopers that are made with long folding 
handles for those in wheelchairs.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Pilot was guide dog schools and relieving


>I have noticed that this list talks a lot about poop. LOL. But these are 
>truly important issues. I know they are. No, I don't think anyone should be 
>exempt as a trainee either. A few times instructors picked up for me, but 
>that was when they were picking up something that someone had left for 
>whatever reason.
>
> Cindy Lou
>
> On Jun 23, 2012, at 6:32 PM, Tina Thomas wrote:
>
>> All guide dog users should be picking up after their dogs. That is one of
>> the ways that you can tell if your dog might be having some health 
>> issues.
>> Also, it's a common courtesy so that people don't step in it and track it
>> all over the place. I'm sure that I don't have to tell  you all  who have
>> stepped in dog poop that has been left  in the middle of  a pedestrian 
>> walk
>> area and you are on your way somewhere important and you find yourself
>> having to be late or miss your appointment because of someone being
>> irresponsible.
>> On another subject, I don't believe that  anyone who is in training at a
>> school should be exempt from picking up after their dogs just because 
>> they
>> know how to do it. That is not a good practice at all.
>> Tina
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Reinhard Stebner
>> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 3:27 PM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Pilot was guide dog schools and relieving
>>
>> At The Seeing Eye, they had us picking up after our dogs after the first
>> week. I truly appreciated this fact and I had started touching my pup on 
>> the
>> very first time to see if he was going number 1 or 2. The last dog I had
>> would sit so far down that it looked like he was going to sit on his own
>> poo.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Criminal Justice Major
>> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 5:59 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Pilot was guide dog schools and relieving
>>
>> Not to be a bragger on purpose here, but during the time I was in 
>> training
>> with Odie, the rest of the trainies ended up having to go out to the 
>> relief
>> area to practice picking up after their dogs.
>> Reason was a few who weren't checking the area thoroughly to see that 
>> they
>> pieced everything up if the dog dod go in harness.
>> I lucked out as Mike Tessmer the training instructor privately told me I
>> didn't have to be apart since he watched how well my cleanning job was 
>> when
>> it came to picking up.
>> He did ask me to come and observe and assist if there were to be 
>> problems.
>> One trainy who was a first time guide dog user almost began cursing when 
>> he
>> felt the doggy doo, despite having a plastic bag over his hand.
>> I informed him that if he was going to be a guide dog user, he'd have to 
>> get
>> used to cleanning up after his dog, despite the feeling of it.
>> He ended up not making it through the training for personal reasoning 
>> where
>> he felt that it wasn't the right time for him to train with a guide dog.
>> Despite that the training was a great success, I would like to see a 
>> change
>> of where the students are to practice cleanning up after their dogs in 
>> the
>> relief area more because once they get home, it's the real adventure and 
>> no
>> trainers will be around to pick up after the dog.
>> That's the only draw back see is the instructors cleanning up and not the
>> trainies, as what if a trainy is a first timer?
>> By the second or third week of training, that's when the student should 
>> be
>> able to pick up the stuffon their own.
>> For those who are retrains, I'd think they'd be able to pick up after 
>> their
>> dogs by the end of the first or second week.
>> Just my thoughts on this one.
>> Bibi
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