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

[Mária Orovčíková]

Hello list,
my guide dog is also not trained to stay in a crate or on a tie-down.
She has her bed where she can lie down and rest.
When I go to bed she sleeps either on her bed or near my bed on the floor.
We have been together for almost 9 years. I leave her at home sometimes 
and she is fine.
She has never taken food from the table or jumped on the furniture.
I've stayed at the dorm or in a few hotels and it went great.
I am not saying my dog is perfect in every way, but I know I can trust 
her enough and leave her alone.
Of course I do not judge people who put their dogs on a tie-down or in a 
crate because it is how you are trained.
With kind regards
Maria
On 26. 3. 2015 17:25, Vivianna via nagdu 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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