[nagdu] dog adaptability and expectations

[William ODonnell]

I am confused.  Why will the dog need to be in a crait and not near you at the work center?


--- On Tue, 3/30/10, Martha Harris <latinanewschic at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Martha Harris <latinanewschic at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nagdu] dog adaptability and expectations
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 10:11 PM
> Hi Everyone,
> I have been working with my lab Dee since November of last
> year, and in May, I will have her for six months. I am going
> to BLIND Inc. where she will be crated for 7-8 hours per
> day. However, I will walk as often as I can to the center,
> which is 1.3 miles or so each way, plus work in the evenings
> and on weekends. Many guide dog users say I will "ruin the
> dog," and it is not good to make a dog change routine so
> drastically because it takes six months to a year to become
> solid. However, I think learning the discovery method will
> help us be a more solid team because I will be able to
> travel with confidence to familiar and unfamiliar places. Is
> it expectations preached by the guide dog schools because
> they don't believe blind people can handle sudden change? Is
> it that some guide dog users have less confidence in
> themselves and don't believe change is good for them or
> their dogs, or am I way off base thinking like this?
> 
> Martha
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