[nagdu] Bubba in the woods

[JULIE PHILLIPSON]

that reminded me of something.  A couple years ago we had some people from 
the NYC fire department bring in a couple of search and rescue dogs to our 
NYGDU meeting and they have orange jackets on when they are working.

Julie Phillipson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <leadinglabbie at mpmail.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bubba in the woods


> Hi Tracy,
>
> A friend tells me bright orange is the standard thing to wear. So you 
> might want to look at that after all.
>
> Here is a link to a bright orange (apparently) dog vets:
>
> http://www.ultrapaws.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=980
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> HTH
>
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:48:17 -0500, Angie Matney wrote:
>
>>Well...it would depend on where she lives in relation to the woods and how 
>>far afield you go. I mean, they probably won't be hunting on your sister's 
>>property...will they?
>
>>I really can't speak for every hunter, but my dad hunts (and, 
>>incidentally, our family or their neighbors eat whatever he gets), and he 
>>is always very careful.
>
>>Unless you are planning on doing a lot of hiking through the woods, you 
>>will probably be OK. My dad, at least, would not hunt so close to where 
>>there are going to be so many people because deer don't like to be that 
>>close to people either.
>
>>If you do hike, wearing the reflective vest is probably a good idea. Do 
>>you have one of those raincoats GDB used to sell? I don't know about their 
>>newer ones, or about any that TSE might sell (does TSE sell raincoats?), 
>>but I think those
> ones had
>>reflective strips on them. You could also get a bicycle light for Ben's 
>>harness.
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>>Angie
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