[nagdu] Working Our Dogs

Debbie Cole debbieanne1124 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 10 17:51:42 UTC 2012 

Sarah

Do you ahve any plan to move out on your own in a different area or
will you always be living with your mom?  Just curious. I know many
bli nd people who are living on their own.

On 11/10/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
> They told me to just take Access when I have money.  I wanted to
> take the public bus but the bus sched-les don't say that the bus
> even comes to the bus stop that's within walking distance from my
> houseddAt first the trainers didn't want a dog even coming to
> live in an area like the one I live in.
>
> Sarah and Wizard
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:08:18 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Working Our Dogs
>
> 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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