[nagdu] I gotta go out

[Jennifer Woods]

Why do they put the dogs back in the kennels instead of having them continue to stay with the puppy raiser?


On Aug 8, 2015, at 12:26 PM, Raven Tolliver via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Debby,
Agreed.
Also remember that these dogs lose 60% of their house training while
they live in the kennels. In the kennels, the dogs don't have to
notify anyone that they need to relieve. They are on an extremely
strict schedule. They are relieved and fed at the same times everyday
for 4 to 6 months. So even if puppy-raisers taught the dogs a way to
signify that they need to go out, there's high probability they won't
retain the behavior.

Puppy-raisers do a lot of great work, but it is impossible for these
dogs to come out of the kennels the same dogs they were when they
entered. Sometimes, these changes are easily reversible, and other
times, they're permanent, but might be better on some days than
others.
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Raven
Founder of 1AM Editing & Research
www.1am-editing.com

You are valuable because of your potential, not because of what you
have or what you do.

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> On 8/8/15, Debby Phillips via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> But here's the thing.  When we get them, they are not fully grown
> yet.  They are still a bit puppyish.  They have spent time in the
> kennels before we get them, so they do have to relearn some of
> their house manners again.  I don't really know what the answer
> is, because if we got them when they were a bit older, say 2-1/2
> or 3, then that would cut down on the working life time for many
> of the dogs.  I know that you have done a great job with Krokus,
> Tracy.  But even Nova, who is much more mellow than Neena was,
> still does puppy things on occasion.  My dog Maxy (that is, my
> first dog) was almost 3 when I got her.  The first night home
> with her she tried to roll in some cat poop.  Now that was a real
> thrill, since she was my first dog, and I had no experience
> really of dogs doing stuff like that.  (Except for Bozo the
> Beagle, and I don't have time to tell that story now).  And it
> probably isn't relevant to this list anyway.
> 
> Anyway, my point is this: we can have high expectations of our
> dogs, and should.  But they are dogs, and they will have
> accidents, chew stuff, get into things.  In all the lectures at
> Seeing Eye about going home, the vet lecture, etc.  this was
> stressed, that they may be highly trained Seeing Eye dogs, but
> they are still dogs, and the nature of dogs is to do certain
> things.    Debby and Nova
> 
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