[nagdu] Here's your dog!
Garry and Joy Relton
relton30857 at cox.net
Mon Mar 16 00:07:40 UTC 2009
No it is not! I will search the laws you need to know and send it out. for
the list. Tonight am I collapsing after having hosted a bridal shower for
around thirty people in my home. My brain isn't able to focus on anything
besides, "well, is everything put away now?"
-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Haben Girma
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 10:03 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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