[NAGDU] Coddled Puppies Make Poor Guide Dogs

[Buddy Brannan]

Remember that all of the puppies go through training. Thus, if a dog is pretty exceptional and is being considered as a breeder, its alteration is put off. If it completes training and is, again, exceptional, it's redirected to the breeding program. Thus, while a breeder may well not be a guide dog in the field, all the breeders have had the requisite training to do the job, so it makes sense. 

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> On Aug 8, 2017, at 9:43 AM, Cindy Ray via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Well, the article was interesting. I would, in my uneducated way, go with
> the guy from Arizona, though he did see the importance of such a study. I
> was wondering about rock star guide dogs produce rock star puppies. If they
> are guide dogs, they cannot produce puppies unless they are the occasional
> dog who produced a litter or two first and then went into guide work. A
> little puzzled by that statement.
> Cindy Lou Ray
> 
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> 
> Interesting article.
> 
> http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/07/541644280/coddled-puppie
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