[NAGDU] Consideration of Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation and their German Shepherds

[ALBERT ELIA]

I have had both shepherds and a lab. The shepherds never left my side, 
and  were fine about me staying up late, but would wake me up if I fell 
asleep on the sofa, as if to say, “Hey – sleeping is for beds. Go to 
bed.”. One of them also used to go on occasional night-patrols through 
the house to wake up roommates or family members  who had fallen asleep 
on sofas to send them to bed. Conversely,  the lab will frequently put 
himself to bed on a different floor when he’s tired and its late, or 
he’ll just  curl up next to a sleeping family member, rather than wake 
them up to put them to bed.

Obviously others’ mileage will vary. Generally, though, my lab seems 
much more chill about things not being exactly as he might want, whereas 
my shepherds wanted everything done by whatever book was in their heads.

Good luck with wherever you decide to go and whatever dog you get.

/Æ

Al Elia


On 15 Jul 2021, at 6:27, Tracy Carcione wrote:

> Ben did that, too.  He was a black lab.  If I was staying up late at a 
> festival, playing music and gossiping, at some point he'd get up and 
> stare at me.  I could tell he was telling me it was well past bedtime, 
> and I should stop fooling around and let us both get some sleep.
> Tracy
>
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> their German Shepherds
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> people notice that their dog doesn’t want to go to bed until 
> everyone else is in bed, in their rooms at least, and will pace around 
> giving people dirty looks, if everyone is staying up late watching a 
> movie or having a party with friends.
>
>
>
> This  is  how  Rob  is, very  much  so.
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