[nagdu] Allergies and Huskies WAS Re: choosing a particular breed and reasons why?

[Daryl Lang]

Mardi, I loved hearing about how you train your Huskies. That is awesome! When you were talking about shaman, you mentioned retiring him early due to allergies. May I ask what he was allergic to? I'm quite curious, because my dog right now has seasonal allergies, and they make her very reactive. I don't want to retire early, & I don't think I'll have to you, but I want to get this under control, and any suggestions would be awesome.

On March 22, 2015 12:44:39 AM MDT, Mardi Hadfield via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>I chose the Siberian Husky, first because I love  them.They are my
>favorite
>breed. Second,I wanted something different,and all the Husky breeders I
>talked to when looking for my dog,said I would never make a service dog
>out
>of a Husky.I just had to prove them wrong and I did! I bought a white
>Husky
>puppy and started her training when she was 13 weeks old. This was
>before I
>needed a guide dog. I trained Lily as a mobility service dog.She would
>pick
>up things for me, Open and shut doors and cabinets,bring me things and
>pull
>my wheelchair.Lily new each object I wanted by name and could pickup
>just
>about any thing. She could pick up a dime from the floor and hand it to
>me.
>She was so smart.When I would eat in a restaurant,I would purposely
>drop a
>napkin or spoon and she would immediately pick it up and hand it to
>me.This
>is the way I got clients who wanted me to train their dogs. I never had
>to
>advertise my services.I had more than enough,just by people watching
>Lily.When I started to loose more of my sight and needed a guide
>dog,There
>were no schools that trained guides for wheelchair users.With the help
>of a
>friend who was a private trainer,We trained Lily to also be a guide
>dog. I
>have continued to train Husky guides for my self as I love the way they
>work and never tire.They make excellent wheelchair guides and can work
>long
>hours and still prance on the way home at the end of the day.After I
>retired Nala,my second Husky guide, I had trouble finding another Husky
>to
>train. After looking for over a year and a half and not finding one, I
>expanded my search to different breeds. I found a Belgian Shepherd that
>had
>been rescued from the pound.He was 10 months old and decided to try
>training him.Shaman became my third guide and was a great worker.I
>still
>swear that he has ESP when it comes to traffic.Sadly,I had to retire
>him
>early as he has severe allergies.I am currently using my fourth guide
>Neechee. She is a black and white Husky and she is great. She has
>shorter
>legs than Shaman, so she doesn't travel as fast as Shaman did with my
>power
>wheelchair but I am getting used to the slower pace.I have had labs and
>Shepherds as pets and would not be apposed to having a lab,shepherd or
>even
>a golden for a guide. But my first choice will always be a Siberian
>Husky.      Mardi and Shaman,retired and Neechee.
>
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