[nagdu] issue with guide dog eating snow that is fresh

John Sanders starmy22 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 5 03:49:29 UTC 2015


Hi,
Mollie is onlya year old.
I'm trying to stick with what Pilot told me.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
John an the always beutifull, always Gorgeous sleeping Mollie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Debby Phillips via nagdu
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 10:33 PM
To: Raven Tolliver ; NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide 
Dog Users ; leg1950 at cox.net ; nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nagdu] issue with guide dog eating snow that is fresh

I think my first dog got tons of leash corrections.  Of course,
she was stubborn and kind of a brat, so lots of times she
deserved them.  Although Seeing Eye (thank God) is still old
school for most things, each dog has its own personality and it
takes time to get to know your dog.  When not working, it works
better for Neena if I get her to come to me, and take what she
has out of her mouth.  But for some dogs, that doesn't work.  I
stuck to what my school taught, especially with my first dog.  If
Pilot has taught that their students should use leash
corrections, and John is a new handler, then I guess I'd say,
until you really know your dog, stick with what the school says.
At this point, they probably still know the dog better than John
does.  In a few months, that won't be the case.

One more thing I want to say here, and maybe this is just my own
personal gripe.  I feel like people who prefer "old school"
methods get looked down on on this list, and I think that should
stop.  It's fine to make suggestions, but sometimes people just
sound so didactic and stern that I feel like I've been leash
corrected.  Lol.  I did think that Nicole was a little harsh.
John was probably responding in the way that his school taught
him to, so who are any of us to say he was being harsh? I don't
know Molly, but I do know Goldens, especially female.  Sometimes
you  have to nip bad behavior, or undesirable behavior in the
bud.  If he had Molly out to do her business, that's what she
should be doing.  If Neena and I are out in the snow and she's
supposed to be at parktime, then I'm not going to let her eat
snow, or roll around in the snow.  I want her to relieve.  She
can and does get off-leash freedom because we have a fenced yard,
and then she can and does roll in the snow, probably eats some,
and has a great time.  But she knows what the words park time
mean.  And I'm sure by now Molly knows whatever words Pilot uses
to indicate to the dog that it's time to relieve.    Peace,
Debby

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