[nagdu] On Zoos.

[Larry D Keeler]

I think Holly could do it. However, I'm sure we'd have a hard time at those 
pens where the animals can come up. Not so much the big ones but the small 
ones. For esxample, I'm thinking of a little zoo in Lansing where they have 
a guinea pig colony behind a wire fence and several peacocks walking around 
the zoo free. There is also a little petting zoo with goats, sheep and other 
things in there. I'm also thinking about folks dropping animal food and 
human food. Holly could do it I think but, I sort of think unfair to her to 
set her up for a lot of corrections!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Valerie Gibson via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] On Zoos.


> You know I never thought of zoos when it came to training guide dogs.
>
>
> Now I kind of want to go to one with Zion and work with him.  I think the 
> most he'd do though is bark at the animals.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't psychologically flood zion with zoo; we'd 
> go slow, but I would be very curious to see if he could eventualy handle 
> it as I've never thought about it before.
>
> Given that I'll be working with kids in the future, I'm sure zoos will 
> crop up somewhere. lol
>
>> On Nov 12, 2014, at 1:05 PM, Larry D Keeler via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Well, if given a choice, I'd leave Holly at home. Too many distractions! 
>> Dropped food, lots of well meaning folks and of course other animals. 
>> Actually, everything at the zoo is intended not to get out and bother us 
>> humans. This also makes it safe dor dogs. Only thing that I'd be a little 
>> worried about is folks taking there dogs into the petting zoo. If the 
>> dogs are under control, it could be a great deal of fun. And, of course, 
>> you would need to control the dog. It bugs me for example when I see 
>> folks bring there dogs into the pet stores and they see the little 
>> rabbits or hamsters and the dogs go nuts! Even guide dogs! And, folks 
>> just seem to let them! I take Holly quite oftedn to pet stores on purpose 
>> so that we can practice control and proper behavior.
>> Larry D Keeler lkeeler at comcast.net Intelligence is always claimed but 
>> rarely proven!
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