[nagdu] Off-Leash Recall

[Raven Tolliver]

I began working on the off-leash recall before I even left the guide
dog program. The dorm room was the perfect setting to familiarize my
dog with my cues of choice, and I took advantage of that immediately.
When I returned to Michigan from New York, I started over again, then
took the training sessions outside.
Growing up and even in class, I saw people's dogs getting away from
them and them just yelling their dogs' name and for their dogs to
come. I vowed that that would never be me, and I vow to never run
after any dog. So far so good.

On 5/5/14, Darla Rogers <djrogers0628 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> 	That is one thing I wish would be brought back--off-leash
> recall--even the most careful handler could have a dog out of the door or
> hotel room or other place, and good recall is a matter of safety, IMO.
> Darla & Happy Huck
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daryl Marie
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 2:21 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ownership; what about other countries?
>
> Canada also teaches off-leash recall... or at least BC/AB Guide Dogs does.
> The president of the school is British, so perhaps this is the reason for
> this.  I can't speak for any other schools... my Canadian friends who
> received guides from American schools have had to work on off-leash recall
> on their own.
>
> Daryl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Mon, 05 May 2014 13:16:05 -0600 (MDT)
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ownership; what about other countries?
>
> Very interesting Vivianna.
> I was in England on a youth exchange many years ago. I did meet some folks
> with guide dogs, though I didn't know enough about guide dogs to know if
> they were well behaved.
> I did get the impression that these folks, as well as everybody else felt
> that the government had done this really wonderful thing by providing them
> with dogs.
> I'd love to talk more with you about this as one of the critisisms of u.s.
> schools is that they do not train off leash recall like the European
> schools.
> If ou'd like, write me off list.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vivianna
> Sent: Monday, May 5, 2014 12:05 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] Ownership; what about other countries?
>
> all this talk of ownership and the policies of different schools has me
> wondering about other countries.
> i know that, in the UK not only do they give you the dog, all its food for
> life, all the vet bills for life, board if you go out of town, and who
> knows
> what else but, they tell you when to retire the dog and come and take it
> from you when they say it's time to retire the dog.
> i know many many folks there have guide dogs simply because it's a free
> deal.  the ones that i have seen were extremely misbehaved in my opinion.
> jumping on people, barking, running around at the end of the leash.
> i will venture to say that blind folks here in the states, and even in
> canada are leaps and bounds ahead of most of the world in the independence
> department.
> sure, it's nifty to have everything pertaining to the dog and it's care
> given to you for free but, i'd rather pay for everything on my own and make
> my own decisions on how to feed my dog, what vet to take her to, etc.
> i know, i know, yet another contraversial topic.  smiley.
>
> Vivianna
>
>
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Raven