[nagdu] petting and interaction.

[Larry D. Keeler]

Exactly Marsha!  I figured my dog and I were already trained and knew each 
other.  So, the next step was to train others!  It has mostly worked.  Some 
folks who didn't train well are somewhat avoided because I figure if they 
don't respect what I'm trying to do with Holly, they must not respect me 
iether!
----- 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: Saturday, February 09, 2013 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] petting and interaction.


> Daniel,
>
> My answer is going to be my opinion only, so others might have a different 
> way of doing things. Once at home, once out of harness, my pup is a dog. 
> She does dog like things, has dog like behavior. If I am at home, and I 
> have friends around, if I am asking the pup to do something, like sit, or 
> stay, then that is what I expect. Just as if there were no friends around. 
> But if I am allowing the dog to play with friends or whomever then great. 
> I guess what I am saying, as long as you can expect your dog to behave, 
> with friends around or without friends, then that is what matters. I would 
> also say that when it comes to your dog, you have authority, not your 
> friends, not your family.
>
> I will give you an example of this. i lived in Baltimore for a short time, 
> had an apartment. One long weekend I had a group of friends over to stay. 
> One of the persons who I thought was my friend, thought that letting my 
> shepard up on the couch was okay. So that person encouraged it. I was 
> fairly new in my working relationship with this pup, I would say under a 
> year at this point. But from this point on, I had to fight to keep her, 
> the pup off couches at home, or any home we went too. it was because I 
> allowed this person to be my dogs master, abnd she ran with it. I know its 
> not going to be this way with every dog. But as much as good meaning 
> friends can be, its not always the right thing for you and your dog, and 
> create habits that you will then live with forever.
>
> In a long way about it, Yes your dog can be a dog. Hope that helps,
>
> Marsha drenth
> Sent with my IPhone
> http://adventureswith2feet4paws.blogspot.com
>
> On Feb 9, 2013, at 9:17 PM, "daniel" <gutz2020 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hey guys, a recent conversation on petting brought this question to my 
>> mind.
>> As a person who is about to get a guide dog I'm worried about not being 
>> able to ever leave my dog alone. I've read posts about how you have to 
>> limit the interaction with other people for the first month or so, so the 
>> dog will get attached to you and learn to follow your commands. But what 
>> about after that? Can I ever leave him/her alone? Like for example If I'm 
>> in informal settings with my friends and I want to step out for a second 
>> to do something, do I need to worry about telling people not to pet 
>> him/her at all (even if there out of harnis)?
>> I think what I'm really really trying to say is, (and I don't know how to 
>> articulate this any more elegantly) can my guide be a real dog? like, do 
>> I have to worry about her playing with other people too much?
>> Thanks for (hopefully) clearing this up a bit!
>>
>> Dan
>>
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