(VICT) Re: situation with puppies...
- From: "dmgina" <dmgina@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:47:20 -0600
Wow that is grate,
Now if I could be as spry at that age.
Wonderful.
Now of course they would get an older dog rite?
Guess that wouldn't always be true though.
I think that is grate.
--Dar
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backTpack
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406-259-1124
Every Saint has a past,
Every sinner has a future ,
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:19 AM
Subject: (VICT) Re: situation with puppies...
> Dianne,
>
> Contact GDB or Guide Dogs of America, both have no "upper" age limit.
>
> If your mom is interested in a school trained dog. GDB's oldest current
> graduate is ninety.
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Alumni Association Board
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> Carolyn Alexander
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Diane & Raven" <dlshotwell2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 11:01 PM
> Subject: (VICT) situation with puppies...
>
>
> I was recently working with a few assistance dog trainee puppies..
> My mother came to visit and I found their reactions very interesting.
> My mother has lost most of her site in one eye...20/400 I think.... and a
> bit better in the other eye. Because she lost her sight suddenly at 75
> she
> tends to stare trying to focus the eye with the best vision on objects...
> or
> color ... since she sees little to no detail.
> The puppies responded differently to her as soon as she entered the room.
> I
> am in a wheelchair or with cane or walker most of the time and my mother
> walks with a cane for support and learns her way around very quickly and
> move quite confidently. So I think it was her intense stare that caught
> their attention even though she was not looking at them.
>
> Once she sat down the bolder of them did not take long to investigate her
> and become quite affectionate, and she loved it.
>
> There was one who took a bit of rewarding and treats handed by her to
> realize there was no threat intended by the stare. It was a great
> learning
> opportunity for me and for the puppies. The demo/mascot for the
> assistance
> dog organization that I volunteer train for came in later... a 34-36 inch
> at
> the shoulders Great Dane that is about 3 years old had no problems at all
> ... sauntered straight up to her, laid his head gently in her hand when
> she
> reached out to feel his face and proceeded to give her a big sloppy
> kiss...and she giggle like a youngster...it did my heart good.
>
> When she lost her sight about 2 years ago, I inquired about the
> possibility
> of a guide for her in the future and I was told that because of her age
> that
> was an unlikely possibility. She is active and vital at 77 ...hmmm
>
> Raven gravitates to her when we are together. I have watched Raven move
> her
> around obstacles and potholes when she holds Raven's harness handle when
> walking next to me while I am in my chair. I haven't taught this to Raven
> consciously but I think she has developed the technique working with my
> unsteady gate and tendency to stumble.
>
> Gosh what a blessing it is to be able work with these wonderful
> creatures...
> it keeps my heart pumping! giggle...
>
> Best Wishes & Wags,
> Diane & Raven
> http://AssistanceDogJournal.net
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Golden_Paw_ADC/
> "My Assistance Dog is not my whole life, but she makes my life whole"
> ~D.L.Shotwell
> "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
> ~Anatole France
>
>
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