[nagdu] Combo dogs

[Debby Phillips]

This is interesting.  I remember being at a meeting once when we 
h a speaker who had been a trainer for guide dogs.  He went to 
work for CCI (Canine Companions for Independence).  When he first 
got there, he could not pick out dogs that were good for service 
dogs.  They were great for guiding but not for service.  Often 
with service dogs, there needs to be a real willingness, on the 
part of the dog, to be obedient.  There is no intelligent 
disobedience.  And many people who use service dogs do not have a 
lot of physical strength, so if you have a dog, for instance 
that's kind of a hard dog, but guides excellently, they will not 
make a good service dog.  They will work well, but they also have 
a stubborn quality and sometimes need more correction then some 
people who need service dogs can do.  So the training between the 
two kinds of dogs can be quite different.  Just my 2 cents' 
worth.    Blessings,    Debby