[nagdu] Free running (was: Pickup The Poop)

[Raven Tolliver]

Rox,
Europe and Canada both emphasize off-leash recall in their guide dog
training. The US schools definitely want you to keep your dog in a
fenced area, and even then they recommend keeping them on a long line.
I personally believe dogs should be dogs. The Golden Guy is just as
much a primal dog as he is an exceptional guide. My dog works hard,
and so my dog deserves to play hard. The people who raised him
definitely let him go off-leash and have fun by himself, and I do the
same. If my dog had a horrible recall, I would not let him run free,
but since he always comes back, there's no issue.
Also, nothing stops a dog from jumping fences. A dog jumped a
neighbor's fence and ended up in our next door neighbor's yard, The
Golden Guy then jumped our fence to go play with that dog. Even on a
fifty-foot long line, that could not have been prevented. after I
realized what had happened and I called him, my dog with his excellent
recall, successfully jumped back over the fence and returned to me. I
definitely need to enroll this boy in a sport. Lol!
But it's a good thing I worked with my dog on off-leash recall when I
received him.
-- 
Raven
You are valuable because of your potential, not because of what you
have or what you do.

Naturally-reared guide dogs
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On 3/26/15, The Pawpower Pack via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello Leye-Shprintse, Lisa, and all.
> From what I understand, in Europe, much more attention and work is put into
> training a recall on guide dogs than is done here.  My first dog, from a
> program, had terrible recall, and the program just said to never let her off
> the leash, which was not acceptible to me.
> I also free run my dog, because I also work quite a bit on recall from the
> start.  Here in the states, the programs seem to exprect handlers to only
> let their dogs off the leash in a fenced area.
>
>
>  Rox and the kitchen Bitches:
> Mill'E, Laveau, Soleil
> Pawpower4me at gmail.com
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 26, 2015, at 11:42 AM, Pam via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> yes and it is the same here. our dogs r allowed a free run in a park or
>> woods. somewhere safe once or twice a week so the dog's recall has to b
>> very good. i think it's good as it allows dogs to just b dogs. obviously
>> their recall has to b very good too and i would never free run my dog
>> alone. i always have someone sighted with me. the dogs here r trained to
>> respond to a whistle. callie's recall is excellent and she never goes far
>> from me at all when on a free run.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On 26 Mar 2015, at 16:34, Leye-Shprintse Öberg via nagdu
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> BS'D
>>>
>>> Viviana,
>>>
>>> Yes, our dogs are allowed to free run. It's common for pet dogs too. The
>>> dogs have a 'play collar" (a collar with a bell) and, of course, we're
>>> training recall with them. If you think that guide dog handlers free run
>>> their dogs in the busy city, you need to rethink. We're, of course, told
>>> wish places are safe. If you work in the city, you leash relieve your
>>> dog, if you don't have a safe park close by. When I free run my dog, it's
>>> like a game. I let her off, call her back and praise before she's allowed
>>> to take off again. Only because we free run our dogs in Europe don't mean
>>> that we don't love and care for them.
>>>
>>> LeSholom,
>>> Leye-Shprintse and Hera, who loves a nice run; and especially, mommy's
>>> candy! <3
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