[nagdu] {Spam?} A shocking experience

[Craig Heaps]

Sorry that happened and glad everyone's okay.

My wife uses that type of retractable leash for our pet poodle.  However, 
for my guide, Chase, I used the leather leash issued to me at Guide Dogs for 
the Blind.  It has two rings -- one to clip for a short leaxh and another to 
clip for a long leash.  So the length is constant, not variable as with the 
retractable leash.

You might consider getting a leash with a set length so your guide can't 
wander so far.

Craig and Chase

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 8:00 AM
Subject: [nagdu] {Spam?} A shocking experience


> Hello again!
>
> I have to share an experience with you that I had this afternoon when 
> walking Taylor.
>
> I took him to a meadow where he relieved himself for the last few days and 
> I was quite happy about how he had reduced the pulling on leash and how he 
> is already obeying me. So, he got busy and then was sniffing and running 
> around on the meadow - I had him on a long leash. I don't know the english 
> word for this type of leash. You know, these ones that automatically get 
> enrolled when the dog pulls and roll up again we he comes back. Suddenly, 
> however, he jumped into the bushes on the left side of the meadow. I think 
> he had seen a bird or something else in there because normally, he would 
> go there slowly and I could tell him to go elsewhere then. But this time 
> he really jumped into them. I called him back and he didn't come so I 
> immediately knew something was wrong. I pulled the leash but it wouldn't 
> move. So I walked towards the bushes and followed the leash. It had 
> knotted around so many different branches, going deeper and deeper into 
> the woods. You know, it weren't ordinary single bushes but like a real 
> maze. Very high with big branches and thorns everywhere. A person could 
> not even get in it. And then Taylor started panting so loudly, somewhere 
> in there. I was so scared! I told him to sit and disentangled the leash 
> from the branches as fast as I could. When I finally reached the dog, I 
> saw that a part of the leash that was very close to the collar was rolled 
> around a branch several times and already very tightly. I wanted to take 
> the leash off of the collar because it was obvious that Taylor had 
> breathing problems. That was when I saw that the leash had pulled him to 
> the ground and that it was pressed against his chest. Its fastener wasn't 
> even at his neck anymore, where the collar normally is, but was pulled far 
> more towards the ground. I had brought another, shorter leash in my bag, 
> so I just took the leash off him ASAP and the other one on. He immediately 
> stopped panting and started breathing normally again. We then went out of 
> that horrible maze and straight home. Only when we were back and here, I 
> noticed how shocked I was. And I am so angry that this had to happen. The 
> trainer showed me this place and told me to go there and nowhere else for 
> the first weeks with Taylor. And now the trainer went home for the weekend 
> and such a thing happened.
> I will meet a sighted friend later today and go back and fetch the leash 
> that's still in the bushes. And then try and find another place for Taylor 
> to relieve. I'm sure we'll find one without such a high and big bushes 
> next to it. I''m just very shocked. :-(
> I think I did nothing wrong because I took him where the trainer told me 
> to and I used the leash the way he showed me.
>
> Lisa
>
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