[NAGDU] Marathon with guide dogs

[margo Downey]

Tracy, Guiding Eyes trains the running dogs for guide work first so the
person who has a running dog also uses the dog for guiding purposes.

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Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 1:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Marathon with guide dogs

Yep Dan, and probably both!
I also wonder if they were all full-fledged guide dogs.  I mean, if the
dog's only task for the day is to guide a runner in a marathon, then it
wouldn't have to be great with traffic or intelligent obedience, I think,
and those are 2 things that stop quite a few would-be guides.  Or so I
hear.
I'm not criticizing, just wondering.
Tracy

> yes exactly, I never want to run a marathon...but if I did and I asked
> any school, "can I have three guide dogs for this" they'd just give me a
> flat no as an answer...or maybe put in  my  file that there's something
> a bit odd about me...Anyway, glad it worked uot for him.
>
>
> Dan W.
>
>
> On 3/19/2019 12:37 PM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU wrote:
>> There was a story on All Things Considered last night about the man who
>> ran the NYC marathon with 3 guide dogs.  It was interesting, and well
>> done, I thought.
>> I wondered how a person arranged to get 3 guide dogs to run a marathon
>> with him, and the answer seems to be that he's the president of GEB.
>> Tracy
>>
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