[nagdu] Agility

[Bryan Gearry]

That is great to know. Like I said, I'm so new at this, I just don't 
take any chances to undue any of his training....most of the time. I 
like your logic. My Golden would love to "burn off some energy" . Thanks 
for the reply

On 7/17/2015 5:05 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu wrote:
> Hi Bryan.
> I don't see any problems being created by his guide learning agility.
> People who do it say it increases their dog's self-confidence, and brings
> dog and handler into a closer partnership.  It would also give his young dog
> a way to burn off excess energy.  If his dog started guiding him into
> tunnels and up ladders, well, he knows how to correct and say "not now".
> Though I think that's pretty unlikely.
> I know a person who does field dog work with her guide, retrieving birds,
> basically, and it hasn't harmed her dog's work at all.  It gives him a
> chance to express his golden-ness.
>
> Julie, thanks.  I'll pass it on.
> Tracy
>
>
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> Good Morning Tracy, I just read your post and the first thing that came to
> mind was sensory or work overload. I am a first time Guide dog handler and I
> find it takes all my concentration to make sure my Guide is working for the
> safety issues. I would think that agility training might be counter
> productive for the Guide training. I have my Guide for
> 5 years and I learn every day, but I have to pay attention all the time.
> I'm no authority, it just seems that our Guides have one job and that is for
> our safety and navigation. It seems like agility training which would
> probably be a lot of fun for the dog is also like multi-tasking....possibly.
> Hopefully some of the experienced and long time handlers will chime in on
> this and give you a better answer to your question. I think it might be like
> using a retriever as a Guide and then go out bird hunting with them. They
> might not understand the difference....I'm just saying. I will be watching
> for the responses as it is a very good question.
>
>
> On 7/17/2015 4:32 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu wrote:
>> My brother wants to know if anyone has done agility training with
>> their dog, and how a blind person does it?  He has a puppy he wants to
>> do it with, and he's also thinking of doing it with his young guide.
>>
>> If you want to reply offlist, my email is carcione at access.net.
>>
>> Tracy
>>
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