[nagdu] Why, or why not?

[samantha kincaid]

Yes your messages are coming in loud and clear.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle Ledet
via nagdu
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 8:14 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Cc: Danielle Ledet
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Why, or why not?

Amen Raven again! I draw the line when folks take it upon themselves
to touch my dog especially grabbing it. And I don't particularly like
being touched either! Sometimes it feels like too many hands, it's all
in how its done. Would somebody let me know if my messages are coming
through? I don't see them as of today. I think in my case my pup had
mange, but of course they told me it was allergies. stupid! That's why
I'm not fond of changing vets.

Danielle

On 6/19/15, Star Gazer via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 				Daniel,
> I'd suggest that if your previous dog shed *that* much, then she had a
> medical issue, I'd guess hypothyroidism(sp?) I had a dog like this, and I
> didn't know what was going on. All I knew was that I would cringe because
I
> heard "You need to brush that dog more" and I could have brushed her
> literally all day everyday and still gotten lots of hair out.
> I did take her to the vet and they swore up and down she was healthy...
> because the school wouldn't send "you home with an unhealthy dog". This
was
> nearly twenty years ago, and I lacked the resources to dig into what was
> really going on. I still feel a little guilty about that.
> Now that we've gotten the shedding licked (sorry I had to go there) what
> are
> your other concerns? I ask because you're not wrong for having them. I no
> longer use a dog, and you aren't wrong if you decide you don't want to.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of daniel via
nagdu
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 12:05 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Cc: daniel
> Subject: [nagdu] Why, or why not?
>
> Hey guys, I haven't posted to the list in a while mainly because I don't
> have my dog anymore; she was terrified of cars and couldn't do work
> properly
> because of it. I know this is going to come off a bit negatively but I
> don't
> mean it that way: I feel as if, guide dog users we have a tendency to
extol
> the greatness of using a guide dog, we always say how amazing it is and
> wonderful having one by our side is but I feel that the cons aren't ever
> really discussed. I retired my dog roughly a year ago and, at the time, it
> was pretty tramatic (I literally cried for like an hour at a time). I'm
now
> really contemplating going back to The Seeing Eye again and am really
> honestly wondering what kind of cons or negative things yall have ran into
> while using a dog? I know there is a huuuge range of people from just
> starting out to have had a dog for the past 20 years so I feel like I can
> get some really good feedback. I know one for me was (and this may sound
> odd
> or vain) was excessive shedding. I could brush and comb Irene for 30-45
> minutes every evening and morning and yet, every time I got in a car there
> would be fur everywhere and when I vacuumed I could've probably made a
> pillow every time. I have literally never in my life seen a dog shed as
> much
> as that and am quite frankly not sure where all the fur came from off a 45
> pound dog. However, I think I could deal with it again if I were to get
> another guide dog; I would just have to get even better at managing. I
have
> a few others but I'm wondering what are some for yall?
>
> Again, I really am not trying to be negative just really trying to get the
> whole story.again.
>
> I'm also (obviously) trying to decide if I want to go back again (that's a
> whole other post though, I think). I'm also not really trying to say (nor
> do
> I want yet another debate) that canes are better than dogs or vice versa.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan.
>
>
>
> P.s: This is a sort of spinoff from "would I ever give up having a dog?"
>
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