[nagdu] things on the floor was Re: Dogs and instructors

Sun Oct 21 18:46:17 UTC 2012

I fully agree with you, Marsha.  Puppy raisers do an awesome job with our 
dogs but they still are individuals and do things differently.  Some may not 
realize the problem they cause when they think it's OK to let the dog eat 
stuff off the floor at home like they let their pets do.

One of the problems I've encountered is that some puppy raisers take the dog 
for a walk to get it to relieve itself.  they walk it like they do their pet 
dogs and the guide dog puppy soon learns that it needs to walk for blocks 
sniffing along the way and just stopping to go when and where it wants to. 
The raisers don't know that we stand in one spot and allow the dog to sniff 
and go within the radious of the leash or off a curb on the street as city 
folks do alot.  I think this causes alot of the problems wioth dogs 
relieving when and where wwe want them to.

Same thing for chewing stuff in the house.  Some people think it is fine to 
allow the dog to have an old sock or shoe for a toy.  A problem arises when 
the dog cannot tell the difference between your old shoe or sock and the 
brand new ones you just boought.

We have an annual guide dog puppy raiser lunch at our blind center and we 
talk to the raisers about many of these kinds of issues and how they cannot 
alow a guide dog puppy to do many of the things a pet can get away with.

Lyn and Landon
"Education creates tolerance towards diversity."
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 8:00 AM
Subject: [nagdu] things on the floor was Re: Dogs and instructors

> Maybe I won't be liked for what I have to say on this topic. I think a 
> dogs house manners have alot to do with what the puppy raisers teach the 
> puppys in those first few months. I know dogs will be dogs, but not all 
> dogs chew everything in sight. Also if the dog is worked enough, no board, 
> then there is no reason for a pup to chew on things in the home. We as 
> handlers can influence our dogs not to chew on things. Like I said this is 
> my opinion only.
>
>
>
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> On Oct 17, 2012, at 9:35 AM, "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" 
> <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com> wrote:
>
>> Does anybody else find it irronic that we're supposed to trust these dogs 
>> to keep us safe in traffic but we can't trust them to act properly when 
>> we leave stuff on the floor?
>> That isn't logical
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ashley Coleman
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 8:41 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
>>
>> I have to be very careful about what I leave on the floor as well.
>> You could try leaving toys down for your dog to see if that will
>> distract him from picking up your socks.
>>
>>
>> On 10/17/12, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Cool! That's awesome I'll try that with my dog if he stops
>>> putting socks in his mouth and stuff.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Ashley Coleman <amc05111 at gmail.com
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>>> Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> Date sent: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:17:21 -0400
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs and instructors
>>>
>>> Cindy, that's what I've been told as well; keep the dog on
>>> leash/tie
>>> down for about two weeks and slowly introduce the dog to
>>> supervised
>>> time off leash.  My dog was completely off leash by the fourth
>>> week
>>> home, and I tie him during the night.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/16/12, Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Well, maybe I am misunderstanding something here, but when I
>>> have received
>>> my dogs, I was told to keep them on leash full time for two
>>> weks; then I can
>>> begin letting them off.  I usually have them pretty much off in
>>> the house by
>>> three weeks to a month depending on their reaction.  I always
>>> tie them at
>>> night.  So this is the first time I have heard of students at
>>> the schools
>>> being told to keep dogs on leash or tie down six months to a
>>> year.  I was
>>> never told that.
>>>
>>> Cindy Lou
>>>
>>>
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