Usually guide dog puppies in training ARE regular dogs. The volunteer does the usual puppy training - housebreaking, basic dog obedience, socialization skills and gets them acclimated to a lot of different settings.
In my experience they are not yet guide dogs. After they go through their puppy training with their family, they get tested to see if they would make a good guide dog. Not every dog makes the cut.
There is no legal right in the puppy being at work, there is no real benefit to the puppy either. Have the intern bring the dog in for a special visit with all the staff - that will be enough new environment experience for the puppy.
Cindy Boyer
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Deb Fuller
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 1:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Guide Dog puppies in training and collections
Guide dogs specifically are chosen because they are mellow and good around people. They aren't taken out in professional environments until they can behave. I agree if this dog acts like a puppy and jumps around then it shouldn't be brought in. Then again, if it acted like that, it wouldn't be a good guide dog in the first place.
And why would a dog get a hold of an object to chew on in a collections storage area? If a dog can get a hold of an object, it's probably on the floor and not in proper storage and I'd worry more about a human stepping on it.
All the service dogs I've been around, in training or otherwise, are really good at just sitting there and hanging out. That's what they do until they need to work.
I'd really talk to people with service dogs and people who train them to learn more about them and not make assumptions that guide dogs in training are like regular puppies. I'd talk to the intern and see how far along the dog is in its training. If it is going everywhere with her, behaving, and not having accidents, then like I said before, I don't see why it would be a problem to have it hang out in collections storage while she works.
Deb Fuller
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Elizabeth Walton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Even a well trained puppy is still a puppy. It may not jump or pee,
> but it still might chew on something that resembles a toy. I
> personally think offices are fine, but there is no real benefit for a
> guide dog to be in a storage area.
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