[ SHOWGSD-L ] Answer to Guide Dog question...
- From: "Carolyn" <marhaven@xxxxxxx>
- To: <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <carobgsd@xxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:06:06 -0800
From: "Edwin Hill" <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: "freelist"
<showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Many of you know my second ex-wife is blind and she has a guide dog, a black
> lab
> named Woodson...well she likes the dog very much but the learning curve is a
> bit
> slow, she told me most Guide dog schools do not use GSD any more...when I was
> a kid
> when ever I saw a guide dog...it was ALWAYS a GSD.......what happened? why is
> our
> breed no longer sought out for guide dogs for the blind?...this troubles
> me...or
> maybe I just have too much time on my hands...in 60 minutes I plan to have a
> long
> talk with "Woodson"...perhaps I will introduce him to one of my three bitches
> that
> refuse to have babies..lol.... maybe Woodson just needs a good bitch in his
> life.....or maybe my ex-wife is driving him crazy!......lol.....FB
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From: <carobgsd@xxxxxxx>To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> My dog Tazer has a son that became a certified guide dog this year. He also
> has a
> couple others that are in training.> I asked someone several years ago why
> GSD's
> were not being used anymore and was told that the GSD's that they found were
> spooks.
> Can't have a dog that is not confident leading a visually impaired person.
> Sadly
> there are still way to many poor tempermented animals out there.> > Carol>
> Carob
> Shepherds
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In the past we donated six dogs to Guide Dogs For The Blind in San Rafael.
At that
time
Keasberry was the one that went out "in the field" and tested the dogs and
accepted
them.
All that we offered became great Guide Dogs. They were using dogs from
Breeders......ALL
that we saw during Graduation exercies were GSD's and an occasional black Lab.
( it's a goose bump experience to watch your puppies graduate and go to their
new
blind owner )
Years later I went back with a friend to take her kids through the school. I
noticed MANY
spooky temperaments in young pups that we saw there. I talked to one of the
employees and
they said they had begun their own breeding program and had high hopes as they
would
have
more available than waiting for Breeders to donate. It was very discouraging
to see
the results
of what they were breeding. I don't recall seeing ONE sound German Shepherd
Dog that
day!!
A couple of years ago I called the school ........ they no longer used German
Shepherd Dogs
but had started using Goldens and Golden Labs ONLY..... because they had so
many
problems
with the GSD temperament.
From what I could tell.......their problems began with THEIR breeding
program....not
the Breed.
That's our take on what happened to the use of GSD's.........because until they
started doing
their own breeding.....they were using almost all German Shepherd Dogs.
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxx
www.marhaven.com
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