[nagdu] Social butterflies and shuttle launch

[Merry Schoch]

Welcome to the NAGDU list, Aubrey.  My name is Merry and currently I am 
waiting for GDF to call me and tell me they have dog for me!!  I am hoping 
it will be soon since I am going to begin Grad school soon and would like to 
have dog and training before beginning this new challenge in my life.

Sounds like you dog did great.  Conventions can really be stressful, but it 
is nice to hear all the wonderful stories of how well most of the dogs 
handled this year's convention.  I was most impressed this year watching the 
dogs' work and behave.

Merry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Audrey Farnum" <atfarnum at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Social butterflies and shuttle launch


> Hi all,
>
> This is my first time on the list so I'll introduce myself real quick.
> I'm Audrey from Oklahoma City.  I have a soon to be 4 year old yellow
> lab named Cinnabar.  She is from the San Rafael campus of GDB.
> Now on to my message....
>
> Cinnabar has never reacted to noise before, but during the shuttle
> launch recording, she sat up and buried her head in my lap.  I was
> really surprised by her reaction because she generally has nerves of
> steel.  I covered her ears and comforted her through it.  As soon as
> the recording was over, she curled up in a ball and went back to
> sleep.  It was the only time she moved during general session.  I
> don't think it traumatized her too much but I felt horrible at the
> time.
>
> As for being a social butterfly, my girl did some get to know you
> sniffing as well, but I wasn't oblivious and she got back to focusing
> on her work fairly well.  I was really pleased with her work during
> convention.  Since this was my first convention, I was concerned about
> how Cinnabar would handle the chaos, but she was great.  Nothing
> phased her. Well, except for that shuttle recording, but that was
> pretty minor.
>
> Audrey and Cinnabar
>
> On 7/16/09, Joy Relton <jrelton at verizon.net> wrote:
>> Belle sort of lifted her head. She seemed more interested in the 
>> presenting
>> of the colors. She was really watching them with interest. She's not 
>> verbal,
>> so no woofs.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of AnnaLisa Anderson
>> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:29 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [nagdu] Social butterflies and shuttle launch
>>
>>
>> Hi Joy,
>>
>> I'm afraid my Sunny was one of the social butterflies.  Hopefully she 
>> wasn't
>> one of the dogs who came at you and Belle, and believe me, I was not
>> oblivious.  I'm glad though that my sweet social girl wasn't the only one
>> doing that.  It seemed a lot of the dogs were.  Sunny did get back on 
>> task
>> quickly though, thank goodness.
>>
>> I'm curious, how did people's dogs react when they played the recording 
>> of
>> the shuttle launch?  It was so loud for so long, I kept watching Sunny 
>> for
>> signs of distress. But she could have cared less.  She didn't even lift 
>> up
>> her head.
>>
>> AnnaLisa and Sundance
>>
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