[NAGDU] Just out of curiosity

[Tracy Carcione]

I sometimes take Krokus to a dog park.  I go with a sighted friend, and she only goes when a dog walker she knows will be there.  The dogwalker keeps careful control of what is happening in the dog park, and steps in immediately if any trouble starts brewing.  Krokus seems to enjoy it.  He mostly sniffs around, though, instead of running and playing, like I thought he would.
My friend is also a puppy raiser, and I bring Krokus over to play with her pup and her career change dog.  They have a blast, chasing each other around the fenced yard.
I think it's good for dogs to have dog friends, but it's not always easy to find other well-behaved dogs.
Tracy


-----Original Message-----
From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Campbell via NAGDU
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2018 11:00 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Cc: Elizabeth Campbell; Monse
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Just out of curiosity

hi everyone, I took my guide dog Gabe to the dog park shortly after i got
him because he needed to burn off energy. However, when I got to the park a
larger dog was attacking a chihuahua, and the dog's owner did nothing to
stop it. I was so upset that I vowed to never set foot in a dog park again.
When i was in class at the Seeing Eye to get my current dog, Barbara we
were advised not to take our guides to dog parks because most of the dogs
are undisciplined and untrained.
If you want your dog to socialize with another dog, it would be good to
find a friend with a fenced yard so that they can be supervised more
effectively.

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 11:42 PM, Monse via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> So I asked on a guide dog users list from my country if someone wanted to
> do
> walks once a week to exercise their dog and no one answered. 3 months later
> I asked if someone would like to take their dog to a local dog park so that
> my dog and theirs could socialize, and again no answer.
>
> My question is this: do you folks who have program dogs have any
> restriction
> as far as taking your dog to dog parks, outdoor areas or socialize your dog
> with other non-assistance dogs is concerned? I ask this because maybe I'm
> asking something that's not allowed without me knowing it.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
>
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