[NAGDU] Joys of Having a Retriever

[d m gina]

Wow they are not afraid of your dog?
We went to a burger place, when the dog got out of the car, you could 
hear the ducks flying out of the way.
I loved the sound of the wings.
Original message:
> Hello:

> Thirty years ago Rusty, my  male golden caught a live pigeon.  I was on my
> way to church.  As I passed a park, Rusty suddenly began pulling harder than
> he usually did and then he jumped up.  I corrected him and I could hear the
> pigeon making lots of noises as it attempted to get away.  I kept struggling
> with my very stubborn golden to let go of his prize.  Finally I managed to
> correct him enough times that he reluctantly let go and the pigeon flew
> away.  When I finally got to church I had to apologize to the choir director
> for being quite late for the rehearsal before church.  When I told him what
> happened he said, I guess Rusty wanted to bring a live offering to church
> this morning.  That dog was nuts for anything with wings.  Now I live in a
> senior housing development.  My back yard faces the pond.  My previous dog
> Tara loved the ducks geese and other birds.  Now Eva is enjoying her
> feathered friends too.  The ducks are quite bold and are often seen walking
> in our yards and along the sidewalks.  It is quite strange to suddenly
> encounter a string of ducks walking in a line as Eva and I take our walks.
> You just have to love these retrievers.

> Sandra
> -----Original Message-----
> From: terrie arnold via NAGDU
> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2016 11:29 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Cc: terrie arnold ; Tracy Carcione
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Joys of Having a Retriever

> 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


>> -----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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