[nagdu] Running without a fenced yard

Mon Jan 19 18:25:03 UTC 2015

    Hi, can you describe this flexi leash?  Is it something that I can place 
on the collar of the dog so he can move around?  My guide, Shubert doesn't 
need this.  He doesn't tend to take off but, my wife has a dog where he 
takes off every chance he can and I need to go and catch him.  Sounds like 
this could help me control him better without keeping him on a short leash. 
Thanks for any information.  Andy and Shubert

-----Original Message----- 
From: Sheila Leigland via nagdu
Sent: Monday, January 19, 12:48 PM
To: Jack Rupert ; NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Running without a fenced yard

when we lived in an apartment complex we weren't allowed to have our
dogs offleash at all it was there policy. In our condo no dogs are
permitted to run offleash either.
On 1/19/2015 10:36 AM, Jack Rupert via nagdu wrote:
> Hello fellow guide dog users,
>
>
> I am currently on my second guide dog and he is about 2 1/2 years old, I
> brought him home from school
> in August and with just a little training in my on fenced yard he knows
> where he can go and he cannot.
> I know those of you who live in apartments may think that you can't loose
> run your dog but the fact is
> you need to check with your apartment complex and find the best area to 
> make
> your dog run at. Once
> you have that information you can start training your dog in that area by
> walking around the perimeter of the area
> and after a few trips around the area so he knows what the boundary has 
> you
> can walk beside him or her
> unhook your leash and hold onto the caller while walking with the dog a
> couple times in the area then you can gradually
> leave your leash off when you get to that area and your dog will stay 
> there
> it just takes a little practice and patience.
>
> This brings up the subject of dog parks, there are great place for your 
> dog
> to run but the friendship of other dogs is not always
> the best for a guide dog or service dog and so care needs to be taken as 
> to
> how many dogs are in the dog park when you are there,
> and you want to be sure that you leave your dog on leash until the other
> dogs have a chance to say hello and then gradually
> let your dog loose.
>
> I am a walker, I live in the northern states where the winters are cold 
> and
> snowing and as long as it's above zero my dog and I
> take at least one walk every day, consisting of about a mile. As a matter 
> of
> fact he will go to the back door when he thinks next
> that it's about time to go for a walk. As a day's get longer and we can 
> walk
> when it's daylight we will start taking two walks a day
> and that with the bit of loose dog exercise he gets enough exercise.
>
> This is my opinion and what works for me may not work for you, but it is
> what I have learned from experience.
>
> Jack Rupert
> alumni, GDF/AmericasVetDogs
> PS. They have just announced a trial study on hearing loss dogs and a 
> study
> on dogs for those who have just PTSD.
> For more information on these new programs please contact the foundation
> consumer services division.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debby Phillips
> via nagdu
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 11:02 AM
> To: Tracy Carcione; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide
> Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Running without a fenced yard
>
> Hi Tracy, I am glad you like the flexi leash. It did not work that well 
> for
> me. I was always getting tangled up. Lol. I think it was a matter of klutz
> on my part.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 19, 2015, at 7:01 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> There was a lot of discussion about dogs running free recently.  I
>> didn't see any mention of the Flexi-leash, so I'll mention it.  When I
>> lived in an apartment, I let my dog do some running on the Flexi-leash
>> in a nearby un-fenced area.  It's not quite the same as running loose,
>> but the dog can still enjoy herself at a distance while being under
> control.
>> I still use the Flexi with Krokus in my fenced yard.  He is more
>> interested in eating sticks and leaves than running around, and I want
>> to have control over where he goes and how long he hangs out in one 
>> place.
>> The Flexi isn't cheap, but it should last for years.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debby
>> Phillips via nagdu
>> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 6:30 PM
>> To: Nimer Jaber; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide
>> Dog Users; buddy at brannan.name; nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] guide dog and parents issue
>>
>> I hate to tell you this, but there are dogs who probably never get to
>> run and play freely.  And they are fine.  They get enough work with
>> guiding to get exercise.  Sure, in an ideal world, it would be great
>> for dogs to get to run and play off leash.  But it just DOESN'T happen
>> always.  My first dog didn't get those opportunities, I lived in an
>> apartment, no fenced yard, and so she did not get those opportunities.
>> My third dog rarely got those opportunities either, same reason.  By
>> then I was a little looser with what my dogs could and couldn't do,
>> but still I had no fenced yard, so only when I went to visit my
>> parents who did have a fenced yard was she able to run and play.  Now
>> that I'm married and a home owner things are different.  But truly
>> dogs survive and do quite well, whether they get to run off-leash or
>> not.  I think that what you just wrote could be dangerous.  It might
>> lead to someone with a brand new dog to let that dog be off leash in an
> unsafe place, thinking that they are allowing the dog freedom.
>> Do I think it's great that dogs can be off-leash? Yes, but is it
>> a necessity? No.    Peace,    Debby and Neena
>>
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