[nagdu] Working Our Dogs

[Lyn Gwizdak]

I work Landon most days and what he gets depends on my schedule.  Landon 
likes his days off and so do I.  I think new dogs need more work because 
they still need the practice.  It also depends on the dog's personality as 
well.

Lyn and Landon
"Education creates tolerance towards diversity."
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sarah" <coastergirl92 at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 9:54 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Working Our Dogs


> 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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