[NAGDU] how fetching.

[Cindy Ray]

I used to always guess how Spencer was going to behave and stop throwing one
time ahead of his last time so he wasn't getting the "upper hand" in the
game. I don't know if it mattered or not, but it felt as if it might.
Cindy Lou Ray
cindyray at gmail.com


-----Original Message-----
From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jordan Gallacher
via NAGDU
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 11:32 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Jordan Gallacher <jordanandbelto at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] how fetching.

That is about how Belto is.  He will chase after whatever toy I throw three
or four times and then be like I'm done.  Other times he tries to play with
two toys at the same time, and I never know which one he will bring me.
Jordan

-----Original Message-----
From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray via
NAGDU
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 9:15 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Cc: Cindy Ray
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] how fetching.

My golden retriever would fetch about three or four times, and then the game
was up. He would either say, "You threw it; get it yourself." Or "It's my
turn to play with it so forget it."
Cindy Lou Ray
cindyray at gmail.com


-----Original Message-----
From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Belville via
NAGDU
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 8:46 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Lisa Belville <missktlab1217 at frontier.com>
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] how fetching.

Dan, I heard the Seeing Eye taught fetching for years but many of the
trainers found the physical demands of teaching fetch too taxing.  It could
also be that it took time away from training other things as Cindy said.

Ironically, all three of my dogs, while retrievers don't like to do a
traditional fetch.  Paige loves getting her Kong when I throw it, but
getting her to give it back is still an iffy proposition.


Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com
IF THE HOUSEWORK IS DONE - THEN THE COMPUTER IS Broken!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Weiner via NAGDU" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Dan Weiner" <dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 5:06 AM
Subject: [NAGDU] how fetching.


> Hello, beautiful people.
>
> I have a question, weren't guide dogs trained at one time to fetch, or 
> to be more precise, to retrieve fallen objects. One of my best friends 
> had a guide dog I remember a long  time ago that did it, and quite 
> well actually.
>
> So when did the fetch command stop being used, is it still being 
> trained anywhere, and how feasible would it be to work on training a 
> current guide

> dog to do this?
>
>
> I doubt I will actually follow through with the last part of 
> that---lol but it does sound like a useful skill to have..
>
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Dan the man'
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> NAGDU mailing list
> NAGDU at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> NAGDU:
>
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/missktlab1217%40frontier.
com 


_______________________________________________
NAGDU mailing list
NAGDU at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NAGDU:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/cindyray%40gmail.com


_______________________________________________
NAGDU mailing list
NAGDU at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NAGDU:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/jordanandbelto%40gmail.co
m


_______________________________________________
NAGDU mailing list
NAGDU at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NAGDU:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/cindyray%40gmail.com