[nagdu] muzzle question.

Fri Apr 3 19:16:14 UTC 2015

ya i know what u r saying. but she doesn't want the dog to b poisoned either. 

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> On 3 Apr 2015, at 19:47, Vivianna via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I agree, relieve on the leash.
> there is no way that i would ever muzzle my dog and then let it run free.  you are taking away it’s ability to defend itself.  i am sorry to say but, not all dogs are friendly, and not all people want dogs around.
> use common sense handlers.  don’t let these wonderful guides into harms way.
> 
> Vivianna
> 
>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 11:37 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Lisa.
>> You're right; even on-leash a dog could grab something. But the person would
>> have more control about where the dog was.  She could check an area
>> beforehand to make sure there wasn't any meat lying around, or go somewhere
>> more secluded.  It gives the person more control over where the dog is than
>> if the dog is off-leash and going wherever she likes.
>> I just thought it might be an alternative to a muzzle.
>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa via nagdu
>> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 12:00 PM
>> To: Tracy Carcione; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide
>> Dog Users; 'Mária Orovčíková'
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] muzzle question.
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> But wouldn't the problem still exist if Maria's dog relieved on-leash? In
>> our town, we get reports of meat baits too, every now and then. And it's
>> terrible, it often takes one dog's life away until they're noticed. Gladly,
>> not in the part of town where I am. But if so, I think my dog would go for a
>> piece of meat on leash, too. We worked on scavenging alot. It got alot
>> better. But if there's meat on the ground, wouldn't almost every dog go for
>> it? Of course, you would notice it then and could react quickly. But there's
>> still the risk that you aren't quickly enough and he swallows some of the
>> terrible things they put in there (rat poison, razor blades...). I also
>> thought about getting Taylor used to a muzzle just in case we need it some
>> day.
>> 
>> kind regards
>> Lisa
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tracy Carcione via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "'Mária Orovčíková'" <maria.orovcikova at gmail.com>; "'NAGDU Mailing
>> List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 5:51 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] muzzle question.
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Maria.
>> How scary!
>> Have you considered trying the opposite approach?  Instead of getting your
>> dog to tolerate a muzzle, could you get her to relieve on-leash?  Then you
>> would be right there to know if she picked up anything, and you could even
>> pick up after her.  And you could restrict her to an area where there wasn't
>> anything suspicious on the ground.
>> If you don't want to try that, is the muzzle you tried the right size for
>> your dog?  Maybe it's too small?
>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mária Orovcíková
>> via nagdu
>> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 10:13 AM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nagdu] muzzle question.
>> 
>> Hello list,
>> I would like to ask you for help again.
>> as I have said a few times my dog is trained to relieve off-leash.
>> Everything was fine until now.
>> About a month ago someone put a sticker on each appartment complex door
>> saying that people who have dogs must pick up after them. In case they will
>> be seen not picking up, they will be reported to the police. All the same
>> text was posted on my town Facebook page. Someone commented that it was
>> written by someone who might not like dogs. Another person commented that
>> people should not have dogs in this town and dogs should be strictly for
>> bidden because many people let their dogs poop on the pavement and not pick
>> after them. Another person then commented that they have seen meat and bones
>> on the grass and they were worried it might be poisonous for our dogs. They
>> think that someone has had enough of the mess and poops on the pavements and
>> people not picking up after dogs and they will try to get rid of dogs by
>> putting poisonous meat and bones around.
>> My dog is trained to relieve off-leash and I am so worried that he might eat
>> something of the ground.
>> Is it possible to train 11-years-old dog to get used to a muzzle?
>> I have tried to put it a few times, but she did not like it at all. When she
>> had it She was salivating that much and she had kind of nasty infection on
>> her mounth.
>> Any kind of advice will be highly appreciated.
>> Thank you very much in advance.
>> With kind regards
>> Maria and Demi
>> 
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