[nagdu] Downtime in class

[Sarah]

That's exciting! I'm still kind of worried, but I'll do it.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com
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Date sent: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:45:16 -0500
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Downtime in class

His name is Fisher.  Let's see.  I think they brought him to my 
room.  We walked around the room a lot.  He sniffed me and we 
cuddled.  At our school, they had us go out on their leisure path 
with the harness and an instructor attched to him, too, with the 
leash.  Then later we took them out to relieve and have dinner.  
He mostly tried to keep him close and see what toys he liked, 
though I went slow with this.  Some dogs, when you first get 
them, whine a lot because they hear familiar voices as others are 
being given dogs by the same instructor.  Some are restless the 
first night or so when they are with you; I've never had a lot of 
trouble with that with any of the dogs.

CL

On Sep 17, 2012, at 6:39 PM, Sarah wrote:

 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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 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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