[nagdu] walking guide dogs?

Wed Nov 20 03:12:43 UTC 2013

I know my college campus and the surrounding neighborhoods very well,
so on weekends and during some week nights, I will take the golden guy
for on-leash walks. I still carry the harness on my shoulder just in
case, since we are walking anywhere from four to ten blocks during
these on-leash walks. He generally refrains from sniffing in-harness,
and will not even sniff while on-leash unless he is on the long leash.
After particularly long or complicated work sessions in-harness, I
will take the Golden Guy to a park where he can run around, sniff
pee-mail, and is allowed to do marking of his own.
Also, there is an athletic field on-campus where I will close all the
gates and we have fifteen-twenty minute play sessions.
Now that the harsh part of winter is rapidly approaching, I will
definitely let him off-leash to romp and play in the snow.

I think the thing that many people don't know is that dogs are
supposed to get about 17 hours of sleep a day. That's just over twice
as much as what is recommended for humans, so we shouldn't be too
worried about what kinds of things our dogs could be doing as opposed
to napping under a desk. I mean, they shouldn't be laying around all
day, but they don't need to walk half a marathon throughout the day
either.

On 11/19/13, Hannah Chadwick <sparklylicious at gmail.com> wrote:
> Barb,
> Since we have a five post limit, I think this will be my last post. Please
> feel free to email me off list if you want more clarification.
> The reason that many of us did not agree with your point is that as guide
> dog users, we are expected to care for our dog in every possible way. This
> includes walking them on leash if necessary, which I personally don't think
> is for me since my dog gets enough walking. Although I do understand the
> difference between walking them on leash verses using the harness. I think
> my dog gets enough exercise as is so there isn't really a need for it. you
> suggesting that Jewel "find someone" else to walk her dog came across as her
> not being able to do it herself. If someone cannot walk their own dog on
> leash but can use the harness, then this will pose an issue. As I mentioned
> in a previous post, we are highly encouraged to have great cane skills prior
> to getting a dog because anything can happen to our dog at any time and if
> they can't work as a result, then we'll still need to get places without the
> dog.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> barbandzoe at comcast.net
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 6:28 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] walking guide dogs?
>
> Ok, when I suggested this to Jewel, I got beat up, mow hear Gary asked the
> question in a different form and he is OK,  what did I do wrong.  The only
> reason I suggested Jewel maybe have someone else do leash walks of if She
> couldn't do them herself.
>
> I don't want trouble I just want  to understand.
>
> Barb
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Jewel" <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 6:34:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] walking guide dogs?
>
> My dog gets at least one sniffy walk the day. If she didn't, she really
> would be even more of a problem with her sniffing, I think. Maybe I should
> try doing like you do and do a bunch of smaller sniff sessions.
> Jewel
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 19, 2013, at 6:34 PM, GARY STEEVES <rainshadowmusic at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all:
>>
>> This lack of speed thread has produced this interesting question for me to
>> ask. I'm curious how many of you walk your dog on leash daily? I know when
>> I was talking to my school about working on heeling Bogart while just on
>> leash they were wondering why would I need to do that.
>>
>> I take Bogart out for a walk in the morning on leash. If I'm heading to
>> work then it is just half a block where he knows how much time he has to
>> get busy or harness is on and we're on our way. At night I take him for a
>> walk again before going to bed. These aren't long walks, about 15 - 20
>> minutes weather dependent. I use my cane for walking him. This is where he
>> is allowed to be a sniffy dog but when he is in harness I do not allow him
>> to be sniffy. At lunch at work we go in harness a block from here to the
>> residential street where I take off his harness and we walk a block one
>> direction and then back with him on leash. Then back in harness and off to
>> lunch. After work it's all in harness until the block of my place and then
>> harness off so he can sniff and relieve himself.
>>
>> No judgements about right or wrong but I'm curious if others take their
>> guide dogs for walks without the harness.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Gary
>>
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