[nagdu] Downtime in class

[Sarah]

What's his name? What was it like when you first met him?

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com
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Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:20:17 -0500
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Downtime in class

I think they can sense  your moods.  I think they definitely know 
the difference between stressed and calm.  I have a lab and 
golden cross.  He is six.

CL

On Sep 17, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Sarah wrote:

 that's awesome! I am so excited to have a dog.  Can dogs sense 
how you are feel, can they sense your moods? What kind of dog do 
you have?

 ----- 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: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:12:22 -0500
 Subject: Re: [nagdu] Downtime in class

 \Hi, Sarah, I am Cindy.  You know, it depends on the dog.  I am 
a firm believer in spending a lot of time in the process of 
bonding with my dog, especially the first few days.  If the 
person who trained you is your trainer, they will look to that 
person for a while, but you will start to see a switch over in a 
few days.  When you take that dog home, I think the bonding 
increases because now it has left all it knows behind except you, 
so it trusts you.  You will have work to do to become a solid 
team, but your dog and you will have already begun a strong 
bonding that will only get stronger.  I think the key is a lot of 
attention, especially at first and mostly from you, corrections 
when you have to, and lots of praise when the dog does something 
right and well.

 CL


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