[NAGDU] the fetch command

[Danielle Sykora]

Guide dogs were taught to retrieve in the past, but programs discontinued this practice a few decades ago. Essentially, they considered it useful but not essential, and did not think it was worth dropping otherwise good guides because they didn’t enjoy retrieving.

Danielle, Thai, and Jackie 

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> On Feb 18, 2019, at 2:39 PM, Madison Martin via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, I was reading a fictional book about these kids who visited a guide
> dog school, and it talked about how the instructor was teaching the dog to
> fetch a glove that he dropped while he was working the dog in harness. So I
> was wondering, is this something that guide dogs are actually taught to do?
> Or do you think that it was just made up for the book? I'm just curious
> that's all. Look forward to hearing back from anyone who might be able to
> provide an answer to this! Thanks
> 
> Madison
> 
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