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

[Marianne Denning]

Laws and perceptions change too.  I learned to give very hard leash
corrections with my first few dogs, and my second dog needed them.
Now most schools in the U.S. use other techniques because the general
public reports us as dog abusers if they see us use a leash
correction.  In the future, we may not crate our dogs either.  I love
having perspectives from people around the world.  It makes me think
about what I am doing and should I make changes. I never crated any
dog until my 3rd dog was several years old and decided to take all of
my husband's pants off the rack where they were hanging because she
did not like being left at home.  I have a crate for my dog but don't
use it very often.

On 3/26/15, Vivianna via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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 won’t 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 Öberg 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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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
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