[nagdu] Working Our Dogs

[Sarah]

Wizard is acting like he don't want to work no more.  Whenever we 
go on our walks he goes really slow and I have to really 
encourage him ! "hop up."

Sarah and Wizard

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 13:12:45 -0500
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Working Our Dogs

Hi Sarah.
I've had 6 guide dogs, and every one has done best when worked 
every day,
especially when they're young.
Ben is 8 now.  He sometimes gets a day off, but he still does 
best when he
works every day.  The only exception is if he's worked his tail 
off for a
few days, like when we go away to harp festival for 3 days.  Then 
he wants
to put his paws up for a day, if he can.
Last week, after superstorm Sandy, my office was closed and all 
the
traffic lights were out, plus never knowing where there might be 
downed
trees or even wires, so I did not get Ben out for more than a 
short walk
most days.  When the power came back and we started working more, 
he was
squirrely as heck.  He'd gotten bored, and, when we got back out, 
he was
busy looking around at everything.  Which is what usually happens 
if he
hasn't gotten enough work.
So anyway, you don't need to feel guilty if you really can't get 
out, but
the more you get out, especially when the dog is new, the better 
the team
will be.
Tracy

 Hello list,

 I was wondering how often do you work your dogs? I feel like I
 have to work Wizard every day and I feel guilty if I just let 
him
 have one day off.  How long is the longest you've allied your
 dogs time off?


 Sarah and Wizard
  ----- Original Message -----
 From: Sheila Leigland <sleigland at bresnan.net
 To: "NAGDU Mailing List,	the National Association of Guide 
Dog
 Users"<nagdu at nfbnet.org
 Date sent: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 04:52:34 -0700
 Subject: Re: [nagdu] Diabetic alert dogs and how alert dogs
 arepreventing	aneed for a guide dog!

 Lyn my husband and I were at the convention last weekend.  Our
 dogs misbehaved and growled and were immediately corrected.  I
 would agree with you if we chose not to bring our dogs under
 control but we did and it didn't happen again.  When you know 
all
 of the facts then please make judgment calls on whether a dog
 should remain in a situation.  I don't know of any dog that
 hasn't made a misstep and the important thing is that the dogs
 were corrected properly and immediately.  In fact they were 
still
 lying at our feet.  They didn't stand up or approach in any way.

 Sheila Leigland

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