[nagdu] Dogs and instructors

Debbie Cole debbieanne1124 at gmail.com
Sun Oct 14 22:50:21 UTC 2012


I went through the same thing this morning with Leone working her in
the amrket.  there was a man sitting on the outside bench with a tiny
terrier and Leone pulled.  Dragging me.  I gave a strong correction
and we got by fine.  She has a prong on but she still can pull.

On 10/14/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah when Wizard goes to drag me I'll give him a strong leash
> correction.
>
>  ----- 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: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:38:56 -0700
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
>
> remember.  Most importantly you're the boss.  Correct that dog.
> Even
> if it is around a trainer.  The dog knows what the correction is
> for.
>
> On 10/14/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Yeah I'll ask Emceafor about it, but the last time they just
> said
>  that the dogs will always get excited.
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com
>  To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>  Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>  Date sent: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:11:17 -0500
>  Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
>
>  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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