[nagdu] trouble with relieving

Fri Dec 12 17:36:43 UTC 2014

Hi Kerri

Tell your husband to try Claritin.  It is fantastic. 

JODY 🐺

"Life begins where your comfort zone ends."

> On Dec 12, 2014, at 8:11 AM, Kerri Stovall via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Gary and List,
> This is very interesting information, as I am going to Pilot Dogs soon, and I have requested the standard poodle as my braid of preference because my husband is allergic to longer haired dogs that shed more.therefore, the goldeneye head, and the yellow lab before him, made my husbands as itch and his throat scratchy and uncomfortable. So I am now going to wait as long as I need to wait for a poodle. I am trying to learn all I can about poodles, so any information about their behaviors, preferences, etc. Is very helpful information for me. I want to gather as much info on the braid as possible.I have researched the net, but hearing it from a fellow dog handler is much more helpful to me. Thank you for the information.
> Kerri
> 
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>> On Dec 11, 2014, at 11:02 AM, Gary Steeves via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi john:
>> 
>> When i first got bogart, a standard poodle, he didn't go pee for  over 24 hours after he was in my care.  Even then, he didn't go in his relieving  stall but on the wall on the way in. Not quite what we were lookin gfor but a start.  He didnt do #2 for another day and a half later.  He wouldn't relieve in his assigned stall but only in the larger wheelchair area.  To this day i don't think he has ever gone on pavement. When i was in london england we had a day of sight seeing. Poor bogart was holding out for some grass and there was none to be found.  Finally he gragged me over to a tree in a grate and peed  there. That night when we got back to the hotel in the burbs, where ther was lots of grass, he had a very large movement .  Poor guy.  
>> 
>> At my school they didn't bother students about picking upfor the first week or two. Really, it was me who started thinking I'm gong home soon so i better leran how to do this.  On the day the trainers were gong to work with me was the day we went into the big city to work on subways.  So we start by relieving our dogs in a park before hitting the rails.  So the triners showed me how to circle the dog and how to use tghe bag to pick up. Bogart was so helpful that after the subway lessons  he went again so i could master my new skill of being his tioleting slave. :)
>> 
>> I agree with others, if you can get your dog to relieve on pavement that will make life easier. Poodles are notorious for being picky about where they go. Once you get home, you will be able to set up a schedule that works for you and your dog which  might be different from how things work at school. For example, bogart is a dog who is relaxed and in no hurry to go out in the morning so i can be the same way.   I walk him just on a leash from the side door  of my building around half a block to the front door area. If he hasn't done #2 then we have to be off, in harness then, to catch our bus.  Also, because bogart has travelled  with me so much he is great at dong everything he needs to do before going to the airport because he has seen  me packing his stuff in the suitcase. :)
>> 
>> Don't be afraid to ask your trainers for advice. They are your best resource in the beginning.
>> 
>> Gary
>> 
>> 
>>> On December 10, 2014 8:23:30 AM PST, Danielle Burton via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Hi John, ydog is still adjusting to you. At this point I would not be
>>> too worried about it. But yes you do need to give her about 15 or 20
>>> minuteffrelieve. Playing before relieving also helps because it will
>>> help stimulate her to go. 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>>> On Dec 10, 2014, at 11:18 AM, john sanders via nagdu
>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> hi all, I just wanted to let you know that I'm in my second week of
>>> training. I'm having issues with my dog for relieving. My dog will
>>> leave itself when walking. I get really embarrassed. I leave my dog out
>>> in the living area for about 3 to 5 minutes. I don't have a stopwatch
>>> to tell me when 20 minutes is up. How should I go about graduating?
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