[nagdu] Thank you for your replies

[Julie Phillipson]

Viggo is the same with balls.   how about playing ball with him at home 
before you go to practice and kind of try to get him tired out.  Shep will 
probably still wine but may be not as much or at least you will not feel so 
bad about it knowing that he has had his turn and probably will get more 
later.  If you do bring him to convention do not forget to find time to play 
with him!

Julie Phillipson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jimmy" <jimmydagerman80 at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Guide Dog Users Gwizdala" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:50 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Thank you for your replies


> Greetings!
> Thank you everyone for your thoughts on whether to bring my guide to 
> national. I appreciated Julie's reasoning as well. Your thoughts were very 
> balanced and vvery informative. Thank you. I have been going back and 
> forth with the idea to bring Shep. He does a great job. I think I would 
> have the hardest time missing him by him not being with me at convention. 
> Thank you everyone again  for all the suggestions.
> Here is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 
> question for everyone:
> Shep, a german Shepherd, has one weakness-that is playing ball.  It seems 
> that this is a shepherd characteristic.  I am a member of the Tennessee 
> goal ball  men's team. The problem is when we practice on Saturdays,we do 
> so in a gym. I find Shep a spot in the bleachers in the gym to chill. He 
> is good until I go onto the floor and he sees the ball going back and 
> forth. it is like  torture for him. He wants to play so bad. Shep tends to 
> wine and make noise, which is a big no no when playing gaol ball.  I have 
> tried bringing him a bone to preoccupy him- that works  for a short time. 
> I have taken him out of the gym into another room, which I hae doing. > He 
> can no longer see what's going on, but he stillknows and he doesn't want 
> to be isolated. So he cries. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions 
> in what I may can implement in training, clicker training, or other 
> actions ? Like I said, he is awesome and this is his only weakness-his 
> kryptonite.
> Best wishes,
> Jimmy
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