[nagdu] it's illegal to use a crate or tie down?

[S L Johnson]

Hello:

I think crates are cruel.  They had them at Pilot Dogs but, I didn't make 
Eva use it.  It was too small for her to stretch out and I like my dog next 
to me so I can reach down and pet her.  I also don't like the 
short-tie-downs offered by the guide dog schools.  They are so short the 
poor dog is almost strangled with no room to move.  I've had guide dogs for 
almost 40 years and have never used them.  All my dogs had complete freedom 
in my home and I've never had problems in hotel rooms.  The only time I've 
restricted my dog is if I'm sharing a room with another guide dog and we're 
trying to keep them from playing too much.  Then I use at least a four-foot 
leash so my dog has plenty of room to move around.  I think it is a great 
idea to teach your dog to free-run.  This will ensure they will come back to 
you if they ever get loose.  It also gives the dog the chance to get some 
exercise.  I don't have a dog park near me and there is a leash law so, I 
have a thirty-foot tie-out in my back yard.  That gives Eva total access to 
my half of the property of my duplex.

Sandra and Eva

-----Original Message----- 
From: Vivianna via nagdu
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 12:25 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: [nagdu] it's illegal to use a crate or tiedown?

wow!  really!
is this really true?
so, what do you do if your dog is not trustworthy loose in your home?  or, 
if you are in a hotel room?
i wonâ?Tt even get into the reasons that i feel a crate is a fine thing.

Vivianna

> On Mar 26, 2015, at 11:12 AM, Leye-Shprintse Ã-berg via nagdu 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> BS'D
>
> Sadly, I think some people have been a bit too prejudiced in this topic. I 
> think that we need to remember that Europe and the Americas have different 
> cultures; what you see as normal in your own country could be illegal in 
> another one. As an example, it looks like it's normal to tiedown and crate 
> your guide dogs in the States and Canada; in Sweden, it's illegal and I 
> first heard about it when I talked to some American handlers. I'd never do 
> it myself, but I don't juge you who do it.
>
> Now to the question. As Mária, Pam and Lisa, guide dog handlers aren't 
> taught to pick up after their dogs in Sweden either; we're exepted by the 
> law. Personally, I learned to pick up after my dog with help of a Canadian 
> guide dog handler and my twin sister. As I see it, I think that we'll be 
> taught how to do it, but since I'm in the minority of guide dog handlers 
> who pick up after my dog, I think the fight is already lost. We've more 
> important things to change, I think. Okay?
>
> And Mária, our dogs are only taught to relieêe on grass. Oh Lisa, my dog 
> was also a bush relieving dog. She always looked for the bushes and 
> dragged me there to relieve herself. It took some weeks for her to feel 
> confident on plain grass. Now, I'm teaching her to relieve on concrete. 
> She's so stuborn, but I'll win this fight also. *LOL*
>
> LeSholom,
> Leye-Shprintse and Hera <3
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