[NAGDU] Questions from a potential future guide dog user.

Tue May 14 22:24:31 UTC 2019

Regular brushing keeps both smell and shedding to a minimum. Different grooming tools can help with shedding but it will depend on your dog’s coat type. I don’t bathe my dogs very often. Every three or four months for my Lab/Golden cross and i didn’t feel the need to bathe the Golden for six months. I find a raincoat really cuts down on wet dog smell. Baby wipes are great for spot cleaning as well. 
Danielle, Thai, and Jackie 

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> On May 14, 2019, at 5:45 PM, Sandra Gayer via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> Thanks for all your help and advice, both on and off list. I wonder if
> I could keep this thread going and ask another question around keeping
> the dog clean and tidy?
> 
> How do you cope with keeping the dog's general smells to a minimum? I
> understand that they smell a bit, they are dogs and big dogs at that.
> However, I have come across guide dogs, and guide dog teams, on rare
> occasions i'd like to add, who inspire a negative gut reaction and I
> do not want to be responsible for such a reaction in other people. I
> have read that regular brushing causes the dog to smell less, getting
> them washed once a month helps as well. Any thoughts would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Just a couple of other questions, the constant hair shedding? Any
> ideas? Last but not least, releaving. I know the handler has to pick
> up after the dog has releaved him/herself but does that include urine
> as well as the other type of output?
> 
> Very best wishes,
> Sandra.
> 
>> On 5/10/19, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi Sandra.
>> I've had 7 dogs now, and most of them have enjoyed going new places.  Get
>> out of that old rut, oh yeah!  So long as they don't sense that I feel
>> anxious or lost, they're very happy to see new places.  Like others have
>> said, just let the trainers know you enjoy travel and need a dog who will
>> enjoy it, too.
>> 
>> One of the things about having a dog is you have to get used to people
>> talking about dogs wherever you go.  Sometimes they talk to each other, and
>> sometimes to me.  Sometimes they tell me things my dog has already told me,
>> like we're at some steps.  Other times, they expect the dog to do
>> everything, including reading traffic signals.  And they almost always
>> think
>> the dog is bigger than he actually is, and that he won't fit somewhere,
>> when
>> really he can fit a lot of places.
>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sandra Gayer via
>> NAGDU
>> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2019 4:44 PM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Sandra Gayer
>> Subject: [NAGDU] Questions from a potential future guide dog user.
>> 
>> Hello Everyone,
>> I'm new to the list and I use a long cane. I apologise in advance if
>> my questionshave been asked before or seem dim to all of you seasoned
>> guide dog owners.
>> 
>> I know guide dogs are taught to guide you around obstacles and find a
>> clear rout but, what if there is no clear rout?
>> 
>> I use walls, rails and other edges to know where I am. However, I know
>> that guide dogs are taught to walk in the centre of a path. Does
>> anyone find this disorientating? I get a, sort of, no man's land
>> feeling when I'm in open spaces. Is this something you learn to get
>> used to?
>> 
>> I'm a Singer, an Actor and a Broadcast Presenter. I travel to new
>> places quite a lot. I have read that guide dogs thrive on routine.
>> Does that mean that the guide dog wouldn't perform well in new
>> environments?
>> 
>> I'm wondering if anyone has come across a person using a guide dog but
>> using a cane on the right side? I just don't see how else I could get
>> information about the ground; slight rises, dips, there is shared
>> curbing in the UK, where I live, and although this means there is no
>> curbe, there is a slight difference in texture to the ground. Also,
>> things like changes in relief are communicated easily through the
>> cane.
>> 
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> Very best wishes,
>> Sandra.
>> 
>> --
>> Sandra Gayer DipABRSM, LRSM.
>> 
>> Soprano Singer
>> www.sandragayer.com
>> 
>> Broadcast Presenter
>> www.rnibconnectradio.org.uk/music-box.html
>> 
>> Actor
>> www.visablepeople.com
>> 
>> Voiceover Artist
>> www.archangelvoices.co.uk/content/sandra-gayer
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> 
> -- 
> Sandra Gayer DipABRSM, LRSM.
> 
> Soprano Singer
> www.sandragayer.com
> 
> Broadcast Presenter
> www.rnibconnectradio.org.uk/music-box.html
> 
> Actor
> www.visablepeople.com
> 
> Voiceover Artist
> www.archangelvoices.co.uk/content/sandra-gayer
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