[nagdu] Here's your dog!

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

I do not know.  Before I ever fly again, I will find out!  And I will
certainly have a strategy in place for going through security.  Yikes!

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Haben Girma
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 7:03 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Here's your dog!

Oh My God. Is that normal procedure for airport security to do cavity 
checks on guide dogs??

Tamara Smith-Kinney wrote:
> Hmm...  It has only happened three or four times, I guess, if that.  I've
> gotten a lot quicker on the draw when it comes to putting a stop to the
> actual handle grab before it happens.  It also depends on the person how
> easy he/she is to dissuade.  Airport security personnel are the worst!  At
> one airport, they grabbed my dog after she went through the detector, then
> kept nagging me to come on through, like I was just being obstinate
standing
> there holding up the line.  OMG!  Since this was my first air trip without
> helpful vision, I found the whole scene rather overwhelming.  Then there
was
> the security team that wanted to give my dog a cavity search!  No way, no
> how!  Mitzi and I were in firm agreement on that one.
>
> Then there was the escalator at Lloyd Center...  And that time on the
street
> corner...  /lol/  Those are the big ones.  So it doesn't happen that
often,
> but it's so shocking when it does and can turn into such a hairball that
> every bit of every time really stands out in memory.  Yikes!  With spring
> and summer coming, and all the happy, helpful Portlanders sprouting like
> muschrooms after the rain, I'm sure I have a chance to see if Mitzi and I
> handle it any better this year.  /smile/
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Haben Girma
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 8:57 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Here's your dog!
>
>
> How often would you say this happens?
>
> Tamara Smith-Kinney wrote:
>   
>> Haben,
>>
>> It's happened to us.  Or someone will try to help by taking my arm too
>>     
> guide
>   
>> me and grabbing the handle out of my hand at the same time.  "Here!  I've
>> got your dog."
>>
>> Oh, thank you, thank you.  Mitzi doesn't let people take her unless I
give
>> them her leash, and for anyone but me, it is hands off for the handle.  I
>> feel pretty much as she does about the arm grab, so such misguided
helpers
>> find themselves doing quite a dance trying to corral us while we avoid
>> recapture in our attempts to reunite!  Once Mitzi and I are back
together,
>>     
> I
>   
>> put her behind me, face the person squarely and do some educating.
>>     
> /smile/
>   
>> I've pretty much decided that next time this happens, I'm going to grab
>>     
> the
>   
>> other person's arm to keep him/her from chasing my dog around and just
let
>> Mitzi come round to me, since that's what she will do anyway.
>>
>> Tami Smith-Kinney
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf
>> Of Haben Girma
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:20 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [nagdu] Here's your dog!
>>
>>
>> Sometimes when I'm at the counter at a store or cafe, I"ll deliberately 
>> drop my cane by my feet so I can fish into my backpack to get my wallet. 
>> And sometimes, like today, when I've finished my purchase and am putting 
>> everything away in my backpack, a staff member will come around to pick 
>> up my cane and hand it to me. Now, I knew exactly where my cane was. In 
>> fact, I could feel it by my foot! I was going to pick it up right after 
>> I put my wallet in my backpack. The staff member was either very eager 
>> to help, or worried that I wouldn't be able to find my cane.
>>
>> Now I"m wondering, do any of you have similar experiences with dogs? Do 
>> people in the public say, "here's his harness!" when you already know 
>> exactly where your guide dog is located?
>>
>> Haben
>>
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