[nagdu] my preferences list to GDB

[Sherry Gomes]

Hi,

Someone asked if I'd mind posting this. I almost never delete anything I
write so I was able to find it. Here it is. I'm happy to explain anything on
the list if it's not clear.


Needs and wants and absolute deal breakers:
Needs:
1. Easy to manage

2. Initiative: able to learn new places quickly and remember them 

3. able to learn quickly what kinds of surfaces and obstructions can cause
problems for me and to watch for those. Such things include wheel chair
ramps, driveway slopes, cracks or rough places in sidewalks, garden hoses.
It is almost impossible for me to get up on my own if I fall, and such
things can cause me to stumble if I hit them wrong.

4. Reliable and consistent off leash recall.

5. Excellent house manners


Wants:
1. Affectionate, loving, cuddly, playful with a touch of silly

2. Type to bond very tight, likes other people but mostly wants me.

3. able to be comfortable under my desk for long stretches during the work
day.

4. Good around children and other animals, particularly other dogs and cats.

5. Able to be comfortable around music that might be heard in places like
church, live theater and some concerts.

6. Comfortable on possible long car rides.


Deal breakers:
1. Dog distractedness to the point of any lunging or hard pulling when
working. A look doesn't bother me, but reacting can cause me to fall.

2. Poor off leash recall. I have a yard and eventually want to be able to
let new dog out there without having to worry that the dog will not come
when I call.

3. Destructive house behavior. Lived with that many years with Bianca and
had several emergencies both with me and with her raisers. never want it
again.

4. No relieving in harness or in the house ever. Of course, unless a dog is
sick, but other than that it is not acceptable.


Sherry

"The day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends
and break all bonds of fellowship, when the age of men comes crashing down. 
But it is not this day! This day, we fight!
By all that you hold dear, by this good earth, 
I bid you, STAND! Men, of the West!"
Aragorn, Lord of the Rings, Return of the King