[nagdu] Relieving in and out of harness WAS Re: My guydog:introduction

[Nicole Torcolini]

I agree with removing the harness. When your dog relieved in harness without
warning, was it a lot or a little? The few times that Lexia has had
accidents, they were mostly my fault and not hers. JMHO, you really should
not correct your dog for going in harness. How exactly do you correct him?
As he is still doing it? As many people have said on this list, when you
correct a dog, the dog does not always know why he/she is getting a
correction. If you do that too much, your dog is going to be afraid to go at
all. If it only happens once in a blue moon, then I would not worry about
it. When things like that happen, it is important to evaluate why it
happened and try to figure out if it was the handler, the dog, neither, or
both. Usually, if Lexia has to urinate more often, it's because I let her
drink too much water as dogs sometimes seem to not know their own limits
when it comes to water consumption.

Nicole and Lexia who sometimes thinks that she is a camel who can hold water

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lori Dent via
nagdu
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 9:24 PM
To: Ashley Coleman; NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Relieving in and out of harness WAS Re: My
guydog:introduction

Hi all,

When my guide needs to (park) relieve  himself  while out and about he will
let me know he needs to go by stopping and and pulling over to the grass. I
always remove my dog's harness before letting him do his business.
I always give my dog plenty of opportunities to go before we start out
walking. And I do have desanated areas on my routes  that I will allow my
dog to go at if he needs to go.But there's been a time or two where my guide
will pee in harness  without warming  and I will correct my dog for going in
harness and then go ahead and remove the harness and give my dog the
opportunity to go. I don't want my dog relieving himself in harness because
then he will get the idea that it's okay to go while in harness  when it's
not okay. So that is why I always remove my dog's harness. And I think it's
not a good idea to let a guide go and relieve him or herself in harness
because to me that can only confuse the dog. But that's just my opinion. 
Take care.

Lori and the Gipper 


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