[NAGDU] how fetching.

[S L Johnson]

Cindy:

I know what you mean.  I love the golden retrievers.  There is just 
something very special about their luxurious soft coats, gentle nature and 
loyalty.  I love their tendency to cuddle up close for some attention.  I 
find them much easier to control than the lab and shepherd.  That is the 
only breed I ask for when I have to apply for a new guide dog.  I loved the 
lab and shepherd I worked years ago but the golden is my favorite.  I was 
crushed in the mid 80s when so many of the guide dog schools stopped using 
goldens.  There are still some schools today that do not have them in their 
programs.  Some trainers think that golden retrievers are too sensitive for 
guide work.  I know that we as handlers and trainers have preferences and 
there is plenty of love and affection to go around for all of our wonderful 
guides.

Sandra and Eva



-----Original Message----- 
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I want another Golden. I really, really do.
Cindy


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Cindy, that is how my goldens are. Throw things three or four times and they
lay down and occupy themselves. I think it is just a golden thing, smile.
Not that there aren't golden who will play and play then drop over in
exhaustion, now. But normally my goldens have been short players, all three.


Warm smile,
Becky who loves her goldens
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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


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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!
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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'
>
>
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