[nagdu] Why, or why not?

[Danielle Ledet]

Thanks ladies.

On 6/19/15, samantha kincaid via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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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