[nagdu] Dogs and instructors

[Cindy Ray]

Did you talk with the instrutors about it? When I had a similar problem, I found the dog would work for me in places we hadn't been before. Be sure you are talking about it.

Cindy

On Oct 14, 2012, at 5:04 PM, Sarah wrote:

> With Wizard, he drags me out the gate to get to Emily and will not listen to me very good when they're around, and it makes me feel more discouraged every time they come over.  Then if they get a few feet behind us, he won't go.  They wanted to stay a few blocks behind us but Wizard wouldn't hop up and I don't know how to fix it.
> 
> 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: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:34:26 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
> 
> Motley only wagged his tail at the trainer once when she came over with some
> scissors to cut the hair around his eyes.
> 
> We were told to keep the dogs under control.
> 
> It wasn't easy at the beginning, but we did it somehow.
> 
> Chantel and Motley
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 2:57 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
> 
> Hello everyone,
> When you first got your dogs, did your dogs go nuts when they saw
> the trainers? What did you do? Did you let them go nuts and say
> hi to the trainers or get them under control?
> 
> ----- 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: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:51:54 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] O&M services with a dog
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> When I first came home from Pilot with Motley, the trainer and my
> mobility
> instructor worked on my area with Motley and I.
> 
> My mobility instructor seemed to be familiar with guide dogs
> because she and
> the trainer go way back.
> 
> Anyhow, she was able to help Motley and I along with routes here
> in my
> neighborhood, and it's worked out great!
> 
> All my best,
> 
> Chantel and Motley
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy
> Ray
> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 12:31 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] O&M services with a dog
> 
> I know that lots of these folks don't know much about dog use,
> but as they
> show us a route, can't we tell them what we need? That's how I've
> dealt with
> any here.
> 
> Cindy Lou
> 
> On Oct 13, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Margo and Arrow wrote:
> 
> We have an O and M instructor in this area who's very familiar
> with how
> guide dog teams work.  I hear she's leaving, though.  I think one
> or two of
> the O and M instructors at our private blindness agency know
> about dogs,
> too, but, yes, those are few and far between.  I know some of the
> schools
> offer O and M people the opportunity to work with a dog, etc.,
> but I wonder
> how much they get to learn in the space of a couple of days.  In
> other
> words, do they learn enough to be able to help someone learn a
> route or to
> know what the dog is or isn't dong or the owner is or isn't
> doing.
> 
> Margo and Arrow
> 
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