[nagdu] Working Our Dogs

Sarah coastergirl92 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 10 20:37:33 UTC 2012 

i live with my aunt right now.  I plan on staying here because 
all I gt is 900 a month and I wouldn't be able to handle Wizard 
living on my own.  He gets into everything.  I always need 
sighted help.

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: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:51:42 -0800
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Working Our Dogs

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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