[nagdu] Guide dog injured on escalator

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Those are exactly the moving sidewalks I was thinking of!  That airport is
chock full of them.  Now I can see how your arm technique would work there,
since you need a clue other than sound.

Funny how scary something can be in imagination, when it turns out to be
really simple in reality.  Now, if I'm ever hustling through SLC to make an
impossible connecting flight, I won't have to take time to figure out how to
handle the things.

Tami Smith-Kinney

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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of The Pawpower Pack
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 3:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide dog injured on escalator

I flew with Laveau from New Orleans to Salt-lake City a couple of  
months ago.  There seem to be lots and lots of moving sidewalks in the  
SLC airport and because moving sidewalks and escalators are not  
Laveau's favorite thing, I used these as a "training opportunity."

I made sure that Laveau walked behind me and I laid my arm along the  
top of the railing of the moving sidewalk.  I could feel the rail  
start to curve when it was time to jump off.  It worked really well.   
The experienced really helped Laveau become more relaxed on these  
types of things.

Good luck.

Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
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earn it and win it in every generation."
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