[nagdu] Working Our Dogs

Julie J. julielj at neb.rr.com
Sat Nov 10 17:08:18 UTC 2012 

What's the problem with the bus running only once an hour?  Just plan 
accordingly.  I used to live in a city where the busses ran once an hour 
for most of the day and longer on saturday.  It's totally doable.  Just 
wear a watch and know when the last bus is so you don't get stuck someplace.

You knew the bus schedule when you got your guide dog.  Nothing has 
changed.  You knew you'd have to work the dog. I'm assuming you've gone 
over this with GDD.  What suggestions did they make?  Is there some 
reason those are not working for you now?

As to how much I work my guide in an average week...at least 5 days.  
He's fine with a day or two off, more than that and he gets fidgety and 
restless.   If we've had a long weekend out of town where he's worked 
some very long days in a row, I will plan for a day of no work or very 
light.  An average week of routes would include:
5 trips to and from my office, about 10 blocks each way
1 trip to the middle school about 25 minutes one way
1 trip to the high school about 15 minutes one way
1-2 errands, generally these are downtown and I do them before or after 
work so maybe an extra 1-4 blocks on top of the route to work
1 trip to the grocery store by car, about 1 hour in the store
All of that stuff is pretty much guaranteed in a week, but I also travel 
out of town frequently.  I suppose once a month if you averaged it out 
over a year.  I also attend random meetings and teach an all day 
Saturday  class at the college 4 times in a school year.   Then there is 
walking nowhere in particular for exercise or to spend time with my son 
just doing something we both enjoy.  Oh and the random saturday mornings 
when you just have to have donuts and a mocha!

Even on Monty's days off I will still make sure he has a good amount of 
exercise by playing in the back yard or off leash running.  A note about 
off leash time...if you're dog isn't trustworthy off leash you shouldn't 
be letting him free run.  Monty is excellent off leash so he gets that 
opportunity.  Belle would be in the next county in about 3 seconds so 
she gets the Flexi leash.   Monty is a very high energy dog and needs 
this level of work.  I think Belle would be content with 2-3 days a 
week, if she were able to guide still.

Julie




On 11/10/2012 10:35 AM, Sarah wrote:
> I live in the desert where the bus only runs ond an hour.  And my mom 
> works from 4 o'clock in the morning until 3 in the afternoon so she 
> usually doesn't feel like taking me anywhere.
>
> Sarah and Wizard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Debbie Cole <debbieanne1124 at gmail.com
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 10:35:39 -0800
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Working Our Dogs
>
> Do you use a city buss or Access (Mini Van for your transit company
> for the disabled?   Unless you are in the suburbs You shouldn't be
> using that as an excuse.  When your mom goes to the amrket go along
> with her and go off on your own jsut you and Wizard and do your thing
> while she does her thing.
>
> On 11/9/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just wonder because I have nowhere to go nothing to do.  I have
> no job and there's nowhere to go where I can walk except around
> the streets of the neighborhood but he's getting bored with that
> and the weather is getting bad.  And I have no money for Access
> to go anywhere.
>
> Sarah and Wizard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chantel Cuddemi" <jawsgirl87 at gmail.com
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 13:15:44 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Working Our Dogs
>
> I give Motley the weekend off.  He loves it!
>
> Chantel and Motley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 12:54 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users
> 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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