[NAGDU] Your Favorite Dog

Wed Apr 21 16:54:46 UTC 2021

Be careful about the one liners. A message such as “yikes” adds nothing to the discussion.
Thank you so much.
Cindy
Cindyray at gmail.com

> On Apr 21, 2021, at 11:33 AM, Susan Jones via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> YIKES!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sharon S via NAGDU
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 12:57 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Gindy
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> uide Dog Users'
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> Cc: Sharon S <koala at areujoking.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Your Favorite Dog
> 
> Hi, the problem is my boys change their places with no way of telling when
> they will be where. It was bad enough when there was only one of them but
> with two it is a real challenge to get around the house at times. In the
> living room there are enough dog beds for them to pick from but instead they
> lye on the floor and stretch right out. Lucky for me the family dog does use
> the dog beds so I don't have a third dog to avoid. She is the one who hasn't
> had the guiding training but she knows to move out of my way. If only the
> boys could learn to do it.
> 
> Bye for now.
> From Shaz.
> Canberra, Australia.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Susan Jones via NAGDU
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> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Your Favorite Dog
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> I had a Lab who wouldn't move out of my way.
> Fortunately, I got to know her sprawling places pretty quickly.
> 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sharon S via NAGDU
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 9:21 AM
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> Cc: Sharon S <koala at areujoking.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Your Favorite Dog
> 
> Hi, my favourite would have to be my first dog Lena. I walked her when I was
> assessed and said right then she was perfect and I wanted her. At that time
> she wasn't finished her training so they didn't know if she would make it. I
> was glad a few months later, after training with a dog that failed, I was
> matched with Lena.
> 
> Lena was one smart dog, she learnt in the early stage that I wasn't steady
> on ruff ground so if there was a short cut across grass which is the normal
> way the dogs go she wouldn't do it. Instead she turned me around and walked
> back the way we came until we were level with the path and then she turned
> down it. The trainer who was working with us at the time couldn't believe
> what he was seeing, he knows of no other dog who had ever done that.
> 
> Lena also only had to go to a place once and the next time we went there she
> knew exactly where we were going. The only down side to this was she also
> wanted the same seat as last time no matter if someone was sitting in it or
> not. She did this on the bus all the time and even though I would ask her to
> find another seat she would just stand there staring at the person wanting
> them to move. After a while most of the regulars got to know us so there
> were times when I was climbing onto the bus and I could hear someone
> explaining that that was the dog's seat so could they please move.
> 
> I worked Lena up until a few days before we had to put her down. She was ten
> and I had already started the paperwork for my next dog but she didn't last
> that long. The plan for her retirement was to become my dad's dog and since
> she was already in love with him I didn't see any problems with that.
> 
> Lena was a lab retriever cross. My second dog was a lab, my third dog was a
> golden retriever and now my new dog is a lab retriever cross but totally
> different to Lena. All through my training the trainer told me Sherlock was
> a pure golden retriever however we looked up the schools Facebook page and
> found a picture of him as a new born pup and it had his dad as a lab.
> Sherlock has the lab sort of head and my sister-in-law who works with dogs
> says he is not a pure Golden retriever.
> 
> All my dogs have been good in their own ways. My only big issue is the
> goldens don't get out of my way when I am walking around the house. Even
> when I fall over them they just look at me as if they are asking me why I
> did that. With the two labs they always moved out of my way. In fact Lena
> was so good that she knew at the blind society who could see her and who
> couldn't so she would only move out of the way for the people who couldn't
> see her and the sighted had to find their way around her.
> 
> From Shaz.
> Canberra, Australia.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU <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 <cindyray at gmail.com>
> 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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