[nagdu] Dogs and instructors

Ashley Coleman amc05111 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 16 23:12:09 UTC 2012


Can I ask you what school you?

On 10/16/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The trainers said tomorrow may be their last day of training we
> are training at home.  The trainers want me to keep him on led
> for a year but 6 months should be enough.  If he's not on leash
> he tries to eat everything in sight.
>
>  ----- 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: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:02:23 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
>
> 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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