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From: Dan.Kysor@f999.n203.z1.fidonet.org (Dan Kysor)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Wimp-dog
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Date: 4 Dec 90 16:21:44 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

sorry about that problem with your dog.  i would hazzard that deliberate 
exposure to these sharp noises with praise "may" help or hinder and make the 
situation worse.  this question is uniquely up to that pooch and is an 
individual problem with no pat answer.  sorry if that's not what you wanted to 
here.  my guess is the dog's stress tolerance is lowering and you should 
contact your guide dog instruction department for help in this matter.  my 
golden retreaver developed a simular problem when he was about 6 years old.  a 
couple of years later, he simply wouldn't guide for me anymore because of 
stress, i.e., city noises simply got to him.  i don't think there was anything 
i could do about it... let us know how the situation develops, hope someone 
can help more than i can... dan, out of sight, out of my mind!

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