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From: William.Wilson@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson)
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Subject: Re: WHAT IS MY DOG DOING?
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Date: 25 Mar 91 22:16:13 GMT
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[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!

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