[nagdu] Dogs and instructors

Ashley Coleman amc05111 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 16 19:09:05 UTC 2012


I don't know that leaving your dog on leash for 6 months will show
your dog not to follow you.  When you are at home your dog will
probably always follow you around.



On 10/16/12, Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
>> 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
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
>> 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
>> 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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