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

[Julie J.]

Exercise is always a good thing.  Do you have a place like a hallway or 
something where you could throw a toy for her to fetch?  A long walk is 
also a good idea so she is tired and will settle more easily.  Are you 
working her on the days you don't go to this training?  Guide dogs need 
consistent work on a nearly daily basis.  They won't forget the 
commands, but they will get bored, restless and start finding other 
creative ways to use their intelligence.  I'd also start practicing long 
down stays at home before you go back to this training.

Julie


On 10/19/2012 2:35 PM, matthew Dyer wrote:
> Hi Jully.
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> Rite now I am going through job trainning and am hopping to get into a customersurvice work.  I have been doing a lot of trainning and really want to start the dlupmeent prosses, but am having trouble getting her tostay down for very long periods.  I think the next time I go  back up there I am going to try and walk her before hand which will require me to get up much earlyer, but it is worth a shot.
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> On Oct 19, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Julie J. wrote:
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>> Matthew,
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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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