~ Life As I See it ~
Lacey, Ida & Jack
To enable a Seeing Eye dog to guide safely, it mustn’t be fearful, afraid or startle easily. Their attention must remain on their work and the road ahead of them.
Seeing Eye puppies are kept in a safe environment, they are cuddled by humans, given time to play with other pups and toys. They have access to a playground and pool. They are exposed to a variety of different sounds, objects and floor textures. They are given the best of medical treatment. All to help get them become accustom to the world in which they will work.
When these pups, at 7 weeks old, are placed with raisers, they are very well rounded. Their recall is generally excellent and they know the word sit. Not always welling to doing it but know it. The raisers build and re-enforce on this foundation. These pups are strong and confident. Oneida (black Labrador) is among one of these lucky pups.
In contrast Jack (yellow Labrador), had been abandoned and was pulled from a high kill shelter in Georgia and adopted by my family and I. His history is unknown but the story he has told us; he was not treated with a kind or caring hand, he was infected with heartworm and had to endure the strong poisonous injections causing him to suffer through several seizures. He did not know how to play and toys were something he knew nothing about.
Oneida has sat by his side waiting for him to heal, for his health to improve and for him to have the will to want to play. She has slowly and persistently shaken fuzzy animals in his face, she has pushed nylabones over his direction, she has pounced at him all in the hopes of getting him to engage in play.
Slowly over the past weeks she has been successful. Today out in the snow, even with how distracted Jack was by this foreign ground, she wouldn’t take no for an answer. She pestered Jack til he gave chase.
submitted to ODC/ topic ~ abandoned
both Lacey and Jack were abandoned at kill shelters, luckily a rescue group pulled them before the needle
Lacey, Ida & Jack
To enable a Seeing Eye dog to guide safely, it mustn’t be fearful, afraid or startle easily. Their attention must remain on their work and the road ahead of them.
Seeing Eye puppies are kept in a safe environment, they are cuddled by humans, given time to play with other pups and toys. They have access to a playground and pool. They are exposed to a variety of different sounds, objects and floor textures. They are given the best of medical treatment. All to help get them become accustom to the world in which they will work.
When these pups, at 7 weeks old, are placed with raisers, they are very well rounded. Their recall is generally excellent and they know the word sit. Not always welling to doing it but know it. The raisers build and re-enforce on this foundation. These pups are strong and confident. Oneida (black Labrador) is among one of these lucky pups.
In contrast Jack (yellow Labrador), had been abandoned and was pulled from a high kill shelter in Georgia and adopted by my family and I. His history is unknown but the story he has told us; he was not treated with a kind or caring hand, he was infected with heartworm and had to endure the strong poisonous injections causing him to suffer through several seizures. He did not know how to play and toys were something he knew nothing about.
Oneida has sat by his side waiting for him to heal, for his health to improve and for him to have the will to want to play. She has slowly and persistently shaken fuzzy animals in his face, she has pushed nylabones over his direction, she has pounced at him all in the hopes of getting him to engage in play.
Slowly over the past weeks she has been successful. Today out in the snow, even with how distracted Jack was by this foreign ground, she wouldn’t take no for an answer. She pestered Jack til he gave chase.
submitted to ODC/ topic ~ abandoned
both Lacey and Jack were abandoned at kill shelters, luckily a rescue group pulled them before the needle