[nagdu] walking guide dogs?

[Tracy Carcione]

I do like Shannon, for similar reasons.  I don't take Ben on walks with just 
the leash.  He is apt to sniff and sometimes mark while in harness, and I 
don't want to encourage these behaviors.  He's free to do whatever he likes 
in our fenced yard.
When he's retired, he can take leash walks, and sniff and pee as much as he 
likes. But, while he's a working guy, no.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shannon Dyer" <solsticesinger at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] walking guide dogs?


>I don't take my dog for walks out of harness either. He comes from GDF, and 
>would probably decide leash guiding was a great idea. Plus, it just seems 
>like something that would increase bad habits I'm trying to break him of.
>
> Shannon and the Acelet
> On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:17 PM, Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> No, I don't ever take my dog for a walk without the harness. I venture a 
>> guess that if I did he would try to leash guide. I know the golden 
>> retriever I had would have.
>>
>> CL
>>
>> On Nov 19, 2013, at 5:34 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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