[nagdu] relieving

[Doug Parisian]

Myself, I've always wanted to take my dog to the thunderbox; I guess 
that would be Australia?

On 19/02/2014 9:45 PM, Darla Rogers wrote:
> We say "busy busy," but sense I have a retired Seeing Eye Dog, I forget and
> say "park" sometimes.
> 	I kind of like the term "spending."
> Darla & Huggable Huck
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Stephanie
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 9:15 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] relieving
>
> We call it quick quick here in Victoria Australia.
> It's short, and easy to remember. It's called "spending" here.
> Steph
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Deanna Lewis <DLewis at clovernook.org>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Thursday, February 20, 2014 2:26 am
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] relieving
>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> BSD
>>
>> 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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