[NAGDU] Update on my new dog.

Mon Feb 8 03:40:58 UTC 2021

That makes sense!!! Does he have longer fur and feathering like a Golden too?
What's his temperament like so far?

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Hi, sorry I don't think I spelt the colour right. I'll try a different
description. He is a golden but a very dark gold. He does however have a white
bit on his face between his eyes and some white on his feet. His mum was golden
and his dad was black and the litter had both black and gold puppies. I have
found out that out of the eleven pups six made it as far as guiding work.

Bye for now.
>From Shaz.
Canberra, Australia.

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Hi Sharon.
Congratulations!  Sherlock is a great name!  What color is caracole?  You're in
Australia, right?  So you are not on lockdown, you lucky duck.  
Tracy

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Subject: [NAGDU] Update on my new dog.

Hi all, well it is coming to the end of my first week with my new Seeing Eye
dog. His name is Sherlock, he is 18 months old and is a caracole coloured.
He is a lab retriever cross and weights about 32kg.

We have been on a few walks together, one inside shops. We have been out to
dinner and this afternoon I took him to scouts. I wasn't totally sure how he
would go at Scouts because they can be noisy at times and I didn't have a
trainer with me. What I ended up doing (which the trainer agreed with) was I
left him in the car with my mum until after the kids had all arrived, we had
done our opening ceremony and they had run off some energy. Then I got them all
sitting down quietly and bought Sherlock in. Then we sat there while I explained
all about him and the kids got to ask their questions. After that I took
Sherlock off to the side of the hall and the kids went on a played their games
and totally ignored Sherlock. I had a few that asked to pat him, but I explained
that wasn't possible. After I have had him for a few weeks, and he settles in I
then may let the kids in small groups pat him once I take the harness off but
while he is settling in it is best to have the kids totally leave him alone. My
niece was happy that she was coming home with us because once we were in the
car, she could pat Sherlock. I was very surprised that my niece managed to keep
the secret of Sherlock from the other scouts. I had asked her not to say
anything to any of the kids about him, but I was half expecting her to ask me
where he was or say something when I first mentioned I had a surprise for the
kids. She was really good and didn't say a word before Sherlock came into the
hall.

Well, the trainer is back tomorrow, and we are going to go to the busier shops
and try out escalators and lifts. My trainer is only here during the week and
they go home over the weekend.

My parents are off on their holidays tomorrow so it will be just me, Sherlock
and Rolo (my retired dog) here at home.

Bye for now.

>From Shaz.

Canberra, Australia.

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