[NAGDU] Joys of Having a Retriever

[Jody Ianuzzi]

When Walker was a puppy we were out in the backyard and I was constantly taking things out of his mouth. Well one day I heard him chewing on something and I went over to see what it was and it turned out to be a half chewed snake. He didn't want to give it up so when I grabbed a hold of it he pulled through my hand and yes I felt every inch of it. I realize what it was and just stood there frozen.  No I didn't scream, but I must've washed my hands hundreds of times that day. I was a lot more reluctant to take things out of his mouth after that

JODY 🐺
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"There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."  DOCTOR WHO (Tom Baker)



> On Mar 27, 2016, at 11:29 AM, terrie arnold via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Well I can top this one with something was even more gross and disgusting is my current dog Mac who is a poodle had something in his mouth and dropped it in the house and when my son came in and said what is that squirrel head doing on the floor nobody does the Littles disgusting squirrels bed so that is truly truly icky do so so nobody just the head so don't know what happened to the body so likely my son was able to pick up the squirrels head and throw it outside in the area that the dog doesn't go to so rather have a dead bird to pick up those  squirrels head any day
> 
> My thoughts for today
> 
>> On Mar 27, 2016, at 9:17 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Eeoooo!  Oh, those retrievers!
>> Echo once brought me a dead squirrel in the backyard.  I could tell by her
>> prancing she had some treasure, and I called her and took hold of it to take
>> it out of her mouth.  She didn't hang on to it, so it was easy to take away.
>> Then I realized what I had hold of had fur and claws, and I threw it down in
>> disgust.  Then I took Echo in, and had to come back out with a bag and paper
>> towels and find where I'd thrown the thing down.  Yuk!
>> Tracy
>> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alysha via NAGDU
>> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2016 7:50 PM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> Cc: Alysha
>> Subject: [NAGDU] Joys of Having a Retriever
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> OK, so I have to share an incident that happened to me and Xylon last week.
>> When I first brought Xylon home, he had a tendency to pick up lots of things
>> when I let him sniff around to park. I was always taking mulch, rocks,
>> sticks, etc. out of his mouth. He's gotten a lot better lately, so I've let
>> down my guard a little. I took him out for his lunchtime park the other day,
>> and he acted perfectly normal. But on the elevator on the way back up to my
>> office, he started smacking his lips like he was chewing on something. I
>> reached down to check his mouth, but it seemed like it was closed. I,
>> somewhat rhetorically, asked him what he was eating. Well, there was another
>> man in the elevator with me, and he answered me. "Oh, a dead bird." He
>> sounded so dead-pan that I didn't believe him! I kind of laughed and got off
>> at my floor. But on my way off the elevator, my foot brushed something on
>> the floor. I turned back to the guy and asked if Xylon had really been
>> eating something. He said yes, he had a dead bird. The man hadn't noticed
>> until I said something. Well, now panic was setting in. Was I going to have
>> to touch this bird? How could I get it off the elevator before the elevator
>> disappeared? The man suggested that I could pick it up with paper towels.
>> Looking back, I probably should have just used a poop bag, but I wasn't
>> thinking that clearly. So I ran to the bathroom to get the paper towels, but
>> by the time I got back, the elevator was long gone. Horrified by the thought
>> of people getting on this elevator to find a random dead bird inside, I
>> frantically pushed the call button. Unfortunately, every elevator in the
>> building except the right one opened! I eventually gave up and decided to
>> find the number for the custodial staff to see if they could take care of
>> it. When I got back to my lab and told a coworker what happened, she decided
>> to go look. We went back to the elevators, and the correct elevator showed
>> up on the first try, but there was no sign of the bird. Someone must have
>> picked it up, or maybe it wasn't dead after all. I guess I'll have to be
>> more vigilant at park times from now on!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Alysha
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