[nagdu] relieving

[Doug Parisian]

Damn, a case of independent invention?  I wonder if we could get the 
four bladders to sing it?

On 19/02/2014 12:12 PM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
> When I was a newby at GDB, we sang it as:
> Leash relieve me, let me go,
> For I can't hold it anymore.
> To pee inside would be a sin;
> Relieve me, then we can both go in.
>
> A classic.
> Tracy
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Parisian" <eggmann at mymts.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] relieving
>
>
>> Indeed, the numbers one and two no doubt have serious personality 
>> issues. Makes me think of the Bill Cosby routine or that song by Mr. 
>> Humperdink (the name itself speaks volumes.)
>> Please relieve me, let me go; cause I can't hold it any more.
>>
>> Sometimes I just can't help myself.
>>
>> On 19/02/2014 10:25 AM, Deanna Lewis wrote:
>>> I think it's funny the different terms that schools use to cue the 
>>> dog to use the bathroom.
>>> At GDB we use, "Do your business". Since I've had my dog almost five 
>>> years, now I just say "ok", once I put him on a long leash.
>>> Some schools call it relieving, some call it parking, etc.
>>> It's just amusing how many different words can describe it! LOL.
>>> Deanna and Pascal
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daryl Marie
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:04 AM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] relieving
>>>
>>> Hi, Leye-Shprintse,
>>> It is  very interesting to hear how different schools teach 
>>> different techniques.  In Canada and the USA it is customary to pick 
>>> up after your dog out of politeness if nothing else. Good on you for 
>>> asking your sister and mum to show you Her'a signals.
>>>
>>> Jenny, my almost-2-year-old black lab, is very VERY obvious when she 
>>> is peeing or pooping... and if she is working and needs to do her 
>>> business (we call it "getting busy" so that Jenny knows it's OK) she 
>>> will slow down and turn her head against my leg, almost as a way of 
>>> getting my attention. Usually we will be OK to get where we're going 
>>> before I have to take the harness off and have her "get busy", but 
>>> there are times when she will just... not... move until she's done 
>>> herbusiness.
>>>
>>> Funny girl!
>>>
>>> Daryl
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: leyeshprintse at gmx.fr
>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> Sent: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 08:48:50 -0700 (MST)
>>> Subject: [nagdu]  relieving
>>>
>>> BS"D
>>>
>>> Rachel,
>>>
>>> Welcome to the list! My name is Leye-Shprintse and I am working my 
>>> first guide dog from SrF:s Ledarhundsverksamhet (Guide Dogs Sweden); 
>>> we've been a team for over two years now. My dog is named Hera and 
>>> she is a four-year-old black Labrador Retriever girl; we're located 
>>> in the capital of Sweden and right now, we're studying French 
>>> full-time at the University of Stockholm.
>>>
>>> Anyhow, to your question. In Sweden, we don't learn how to pick up 
>>> after our dogs and the reason for it is that we have a lot of nature 
>>> here. When I returned home with Hera, I asked my mum and Twin sister 
>>> to teach me Hera's pee and poo signals so that I would be able to 
>>> pick up after her. Today, it is a normal routine and I guess that 
>>> many guide dogs' schools in the United States teach their owners the 
>>> 'picking up techiques'; a GDB owner told me how I could do it when 
>>> Hera and I were learning it.
>>>
>>> Good luck with your decision!
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Leye-Shprintse and Hera <3
>>>
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