[nagdu] Working Our Dogs
d m gina
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Sun Nov 11 02:28:20 UTC 2012
Remember when you started walking around the block you did left turns,
now do rite turns.
That will give him a different light to see things differently.
The dog needs confidence from you, and if you don't have it he doesn't either.
Original message:
> wow that's cool. I just wish I knew the bus schedule or had a
> job to go to.
> 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 09:13:17 -0800
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Working Our Dogs
> I agree with Julie. Our buses here run only on the hour. But i
> still
> know the schedule and get up to the hospital for PT on time and
> make
> arrangements to ahng out in the hospital until 10 minutes before
> the
> bus should come. It can be done.
> And Sarah... I'm a deaf/blind. Just saying.
> On 11/10/12, Julie J. <julielj at neb.rr.com> wrote:
> 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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