[nagdu] Question from anyone who works and has a guide dog

[Julie J.]

Matthew,

I'm not sure what sort of work you are doing, which might make a 
difference in how you manage your dog.  when I'm in my office Monty lays 
on his rug under my desk.  Generally he will stay calm and quiet for 2 
to 3 hours.  Then he gets a bit fidgety and will put his chin on my 
leg.  This tells me that he needs to stretch and walk around a bit.  
since I have my own office with a door and he is well behaved, I will 
let him up to walk around my office for a couple of minutes.  Then he 
goes back under until I am done.  Generally speaking though I will have 
to get up and move around to another office or something before he needs 
to stretch.

When I'm out of my office at meetings or doing a presentation, Monty 
goes with me.  He will lie under the table in front of me or beside my 
chair or wherever seems out of the way and appropriate.  If I'm moving 
around the room teaching a class I generally have him lie next to the 
wall at the front of the classroom.  He can see me, but is out of the way.

He has been going with me to work for three years now.  the first couple 
of weeks did require some  reminders and gentle encouragement to stay 
put.  I prepared him by practicing long down stays at home.  TV is a 
good time to do this because you are generally sitting and not moving 
around.  also TV comes in convenient 30 and 60 minute time slots so you 
can easily keep track of how you are progressing.

HTH
Julie
On 10/19/2012 12:15 PM, matthew Dyer wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I am looking for any ideas on how to handle Izzy while oon the job.  This past week I went to  the trainning service here and took Izzy with me and for some reason I could not keep Izzy com.  I ended up getting time off the trainning because of this.  What do people do  before hand?  I do make it a point to do obideanse with her, but she still seems hiper.  Any idea on how to rectify this problem?
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> matthew Dyer
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