[nagdu] Counting The Costs

Cindy Ray cindyray at gmail.com
Tue Sep 18 02:42:33 UTC 2012 

Well, I've come to the conclusion that mostly I have to be alert for his acting like that. It is only when it is dogs he doesn't know. Now convention, that is mostly the case.

CL

On Sep 17, 2012, at 6:30 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:

> All dogs have off days, and sometimes have an attitude. Also, my dog likes to stare a lot and act super dominant. Other dogs don't like this much and typically act the same way Fisher did, so I'm used to it.
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> The school has been very cooperative in this regard lately; perhaps knowing I can't be pushed around gives them some food for thought.
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 7:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Counting The Costs
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>> Oh, I remember the things you went through at the time. It was nice meeting that dog last summer even if Old Fisher wasn't a gentleman. He did simmer down a little anyway.
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>> CL
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>> On Sep 17, 2012, at 6:16 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
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>>> Cindy
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>>> No, I did not think you were criticizing and apologies if my response appeared defensive.
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>>> That problem I had at first was awful, and the school certainly did not help by causing trouble and having the dean's office on my case. By school I mean my college, not the dog guide school. The dog guide school was wonderful, and helped me find a solution for the problem.
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>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 7:02 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Counting The Costs
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>>>> Oh, gee, I hope you didn't think I was criticizing. I remember how much trouble you were having at first, and that is great that you have found something that works. Probably jealous because I don't want to buy that expensive of food as long as the dogs seem fine. If they were having health problems, I would switch in a heartbeat.
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>>>> Cindy Lou
>>>> On Sep 17, 2012, at 5:57 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
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>>>>> Cindy,
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>>>>> I wish I could use an inexpensive dog food, however, doing so results in my dog's waste product being the consistency of mashed potatoes at best, and pea soup at worst. Although this food is expensive, my dog appears to be healthy, happy, full of energy, and is consistently dropping firm easy to pick up, baseball sized nuggets. Because this food has no fillers, if you have a smaller dog, perhaps the food could last you longer, because you would have to feed a lot less. I feed my dog just shy of 3 cups a day.
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>>>>> Also, on principle, I don't want to feed my dog a product full of hard to digest fillers, and other chemicals. Although it is impossible to avoid all fillers and chemicals unless you feed your dog a raw diet organically razed on local farms, this is the next best thing I could find without sacrificing the convenience of a dry food.
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>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 5:14 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Counting The Costs
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>>>>>> Mark, glad you brought up the size of your dog. And, of course, the dog food is a huge factor. If you use some of the other dog foods that are commonly used by those of us who feel our dogs are good with that, and sometimes all of the dogs aren't, you are spending about twice as much or more. I'm feeding three dogs, but we still go through a bag of food in about a month. So, as Mark says, there is a variation. Heartworm and flea preventive are the most expensive part I think, and you usually get them in three to six month packages. Well, don't know about the spray.
>>>>>> CL
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>>>>>> On Sep 17, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
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>>>>>>> Perhaps I am insane, however, my dog costs around $150+ a month. However, I do feed my dog an organic dog food that runs around $85 a bag. He eats a bag every 5 weeks.
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>>>>>>> I am feeding him origin regional red.
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>>>>>>> I give him hart guard for heartworm once a month,
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>>>>>>> Use a topical flea and tick control spray called buddy spray
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>>>>>>> I take him to a do it yourself grooming place once a month cost only $15!
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>>>>>>> For training treats and whatnot I feed him organic dried venison strips
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>>>>>>> He shreds toys, so I end up getting a new one every month or so.
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>>>>>>> So, you can see how the price can add up quickly.
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>>>>>>> BTW I have an 80lb shepherd.
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