[nagdu] Dogs and instructors

Cindy Ray cindyray at gmail.com
Tue Oct 16 19:02:23 UTC 2012 

Your dog will stay on leash for at least six months? BTW, Sarah, are the trainers still actually working with you only at home? How often are they there. I am sort of confused as to what your status is with the school.

CL

On Oct 16, 2012, at 1:39 PM, Sarah wrote:

> my dog will stay on leash for at least 6 months.  He still tries to follow me if I let him off in my room but he's always on leash or tie-down except for when I play with him in the yard.  But when the instructors are here he's just on leash until they say to put his harness on.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:34:28 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
> 
> Hi Sarah,
> Can you keep your dog on leash with you, then you know what is
> happening with him at all times.
> This is a problem living with family and taking training, with a guide dog.
> One of the things I mentioned to you before you got the dog.
> Now you have him, and just keep him on leash so he gets to know you.
> I am also in my second month with my guide, and when anyone comes to
> the door, he is on leash.
> I even ask my husband not to open door until dog is on leash.
> Then I know I have the control.
> Wishing you the best.
> Original message:
> They said to just do a strong leash correction but I wish they
> wouldn't make eye contact and interact with the dog.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,       the National Association of Guide
> Dog Users'"<nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:34:28 +0000
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
> 
> It's an excuse if they are doing this then telling you to "keep
> him under control" without telling you how to make that happen.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah
> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 2:59 PM
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> Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
> 
> It's not excuses they told me that the dogs should fet excited
> because they have been working with the dogs for the past 6
> months.  And every time they come they always make contact with
> the dog to make him more excited.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,       the National Association of Guide
> Dog Users'"<nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:55:00 +0000
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
> 
> Sounds like excuse making to me.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 6:32 PM
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> Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
> 
> 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
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> 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
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> 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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