[NAGDU] Your Favorite Dog

Thu Apr 15 23:56:33 UTC 2021

I think it is neat that Jarvis was able to do these things, but it is putting an awful lot of stress on a dog. I’m glad it all worked out so well. He would be my favorite.

Cindy Lou
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> On Apr 15, 2021, at 6:07 PM, Brent Franklin via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I must point out I did this to prove a point, Jarvis did such a good job,
> that it didn't present any problem.. I've not done this with any other
> dog, they just weren't up to it. I doubt I will be able to do such a thing
> with any other dog, but I live in hope.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Brent.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> via NAGDU
> Sent: Thursday, 15 April 2021 10:32 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: Tracy Carcione
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Your Favorite Dog
> 
> Hi Brent.
> That's great, that you got him just days before he was about to be let go,
> and he turned out to be so excellent.
> I personally wouldn't walk around listening to music while crossing busy
> streets, or let my dog make all the decisions without at least giving him
> my
> support, but it worked for you and Jarvis.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brent Franklin
> via NAGDU
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 1:16 AM
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> Cc: Brent Franklin
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Your Favorite Dog
> 
> Hello Cindy,
> 
> I have been told by instructors that we shouldn't have a favorite dog,
> however that being said I think they say it in the hope we will all give
> new dogs a fair chance.
> 
> That beint the case my favorite dog was Jarvis, my second dog. I'm not
> going to say exactly what breed he was, because the school purchased him
> from a very dodgy breeder. His papers said something, but more than one
> vet told me it wasn't the case.
> 
> What I will say is he was amazing, he'd walked with several people as part
> of the matching process before I claimed him. He was slightly older than
> the usual dog going out because another client had gone to train with him
> and it hadn't worked out. Insteadof the school finding a dog for a client,
> poor old Jarvis was sitting there waiting for the right client to come
> along which happened to be myself. The school had only just found him a
> home, three days later and he would have been kicked out of the program,
> because of not having a match. The school had made arrangements for him to
> go ande live on a farm. They then had to very quickly ring that farming
> family and deliver bad news, the nice dog they were about to pick up and
> take as a pet had met me and we were a match.
> 
> From my first meeting him we clicked, that matching walk before training
> started he was telling me all he wanted to do was work. I put the harness
> on for the matching walk, and this dog did not put a step wrong, he payed
> particular attention to make sure he wasn't walking to fast. This was
> because of the bad experience he'd had with the client he'd been matched
> to. I needed him to speed up because I'm a fast walker, at first he was
> walking so slow.
> 
> I thought this dog needs to walk faster, the instructor told me he could,
> so I set about convincing him to speed up. Once he did his head was right
> up in the air, we just walked perfectly, he didn't put a foot wrong. I
> noticed he was paying very good attention to area's where I might slip,
> He'd move his body against my leg to tell me to watch my step. The
> instructor told me he hadn't seen him take such good care of anyone, it
> was all due to his bad experience.
> 
> I decided to take him, my class was then booked. The amazing thing was I
> didn't have to show this dog anything more than once, once was more than
> enough he picked everything up first time around.
> 
> When I purchased my house in an area I didn't know, I had no mobility
> instructor come to work with me, I got all directions to shops from local
> neighbors, that is thecomplete truth.
> 
> Jarvis was my second dog, and it got to the stage where I didn't need to
> correct him for anything, and this was very early on in the relationship,
> he worked out what I expected and he delivered.
> 
> When training with my current guide the instructor asked who'd shown me
> the neighborhood I explained Jarvis did, and he was amazed, but it was the
> truth, no help from family, just local neighbors giving me directions.
> We'd get out and explor, we learnt so much.
> 
> Another instructor filmed us walking home, me listening to music, putting
> complete trust in my dog, I did not speak one word the 17 minute walk to
> my home from the time I got off the train. We had busy roads to cross, and
> my dog did it all without an instruction from me. The instructor who
> filmed this told me in his 40 years as an instructor he'd never seen
> anything like this.
> 
> I very much doubt I will ever get another dog as good, it just couldn't
> happen to that degree with another dog.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Brent.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray via
> NAGDU
> Sent: Saturday, 10 April 2021 11:51 PM
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> Cc: Cindy Ray
> Subject: [NAGDU] Your Favorite Dog
> 
> Good morning,
> I love to hear our stories about our dogs. So I have some questions. I
> will preface it by saying that once while I was training, probably with my
> first dog, my instructor said that he believed everyone had a favorite
> dog, and this would be true even if you truly love working with each of
> them. So tell me:
> Who was your favorite dog and why? This would include some of the little
> things that made his work so good.
> Did you train that dog? If not, from which school did it come?
> How long did you have her?
> Thank you.
> Cindy Ray
> cindyray at gmail.com <mailto:cindyray at gmail.com>
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