Vixen@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org (Vixen) (03/26/91)
Index Number: 14158 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] Hi, Well, Toby and I have been proud graduates for over three months now and I have a question. Why does he still keep following me all over the apartment, everywhere I go for any reason at all. Unless my mutt is sound asleep, the minute he sees me move, he is right after me and often he tries to get right in front of me so I can trip over him! Are we just a strange team or does everyones guide mutt follow them where ever they go inside their homes, including the bathroom! Gee whiz. Even when I take a shower or bath, he wants to get in with me! In fact, once he even tried to get in the bathtub with my room mate! Loyalty is nice, but is it supposed to be this nice? heheheh! Do you other mutt users experience this same thing? Keepin' the faith! . Vixen ---"Happiness is three cats and a guide dog!" -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!203!11!Vixen Internet: Vixen@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org
William.Wilson@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson) (03/26/91)
Index Number: 14161 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] V> Well, Toby and I have been proud graduates for over three months V> now and I have a question. Why does he still keep following me V> all over the apartment, everywhere I go for any reason at all. Vixen, Don't worry, cause this is a habit that all newer guide dogs seem to have. Bad, Bad LeeRoy Lab still follows me around too, but I found that Strider lost this compulsive behavior after a while. I'm pretty sure it was around his 12th birthday! V> Unless my mutt is sound asleep, the minute he sees me move, he V> is right after me and often he tries to get right in front of me V> so I can trip over him! Seriously, you just ain't running into him hard enough! LeeRoy used to get in my way like this too, and he still does get in the way of other blind people who are here, but he pretty much has learned to stay clear of my path when I'm moving and he is following. I figure it is the combination of me being able to scream louder than most, and because of the higher number of contacts we have had that he finally learned to stay out of my way, but finally he did do just that. V> bathroom! Gee whiz. Even when I take a shower or bath, he wants V> to get in with me! In fact, once he even tried to get in the V> bathtub with my room mate! That Toby is one lucky pooch, isn't he? Willie ... Like a bat out of Bellevue! -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!89!William.Wilson Internet: William.Wilson@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org
Paul.Guido@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Paul Guido) (03/26/91)
Index Number: 14167 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] V> V> Well, Toby and I have been proud graduates for over three months V> now and I have a question. Why does he still keep following me V> all over the apartment, everywhere I go for any reason at all. thE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND WAS, "I"ll bet she is a new guide dog owner" because many years ago mine did the same at first. She is 12. I think thats the way there trained. At first mine wanted to follow me everywhere the bathroom included. After a while she became more layed back. Its a time of adjustments for both of you. Give the dog time. You'll both grow into one. V> and often he tries to get right in front of me V> so I can trip over him! That is a common problem I think to everyone so get use to it. Mine always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. he'll soon learn to move after a few hard trips in which you land on him. V> Are we just a strange team? No just love them and they'll love you to death. I'm not looking foward to a life without mine even though I'll get another one. The first is special. that comes from someone who loves his guide dog. -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!89!Paul.Guido Internet: Paul.Guido@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org
Walter.Siren@p18.f5.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Walter Siren) (03/26/91)
Index Number: 14168 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] V> Well, Toby and I have been proud graduates for over three months now and I V> have a question. Why does he still keep following me all over the V> apartment, everywhere I go for any reason at all. That is because he loves you, and the longer you have him, the more he will love you, and the more he will want to be with you. My wife use to complain that her dog loved other people better than her, but of course that was not true. However, sometimes he would come and lay down by me instead of her. But, then they get use to the whole family, and want to be with any of them. V> Unless my mutt is sound asleep, the minute he sees me move, he is right V> after me and often he tries to get right in front of me so I can trip over V> him! He will learn to get out of your way. That should make you feel good. V> Are we just a strange team or does everyones guide mutt follow them where V> ever they go inside their homes, including the bathroom! Gee whiz. Even V> when I take a shower or bath, he wants to get in with me! In fact, once he V> even tried to get in the bathtub with my room mate! A lot of them don't like the water, and they usually draw the line there. V> Loyalty is nice, but is it supposed to be this nice? heheheh! Do you other V> mutt users experience this same thing? From past experience, I would immagine that most due. There would be something wrong with your relationship if he didn't want to be with you. Now, that all of that is out of the way, it is good to see you on here again. Don't run off, and stay away so long.Now, I better make sure that I said that right. One night we had some company who was visiting us, and they had stayed rather late, and when they left, I ment to say to them, You all come back, and don't stay away so long. But, I was a little sleepy, and what came out, was, you all come back, and don't stay so long next time. I had a little problem trying to correct that. That is one advantage of putting something in writing, and it can be checked before sending it out. Walter -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!396!5.18!Walter.Siren Internet: Walter.Siren@p18.f5.n396.z1.fidonet.org
robertj@tekgen.bv.tek.com (Robert Jaquiss) (03/28/91)
Index Number: 14197 Hello: I am not a dog user. Recently because I have become active in the NFB and because I sell Arkenstones (on the side). I have noticed that there are differences in dogs. One client's dog was in her office and would come when wanted at her home her dog ran about the house and played fetch with my driver. One time in a meeting in a conference room a dog began waging its tail repeatedly into the miniblinds. As the blinds are very expensive and I was responsible for the conduct of the meeting and its participants I had to ask the dog's owner to move her dog so it wouldn't disrupt the meeting and/or dammag the blinds. There does seem to be a definate difference between dogs and/or their owners. Robert Jaquiss