[nagdu] convention?

Thu Apr 1 20:28:24 UTC 2010

Tami,

You should come visit me!  There are horses in a pasture about 6 blocks from 
my house.  Sometimes there are goats there too.    You have to go about a 
mile or so for cows and chickens.  Every now and then I hear a donkey off in 
the distance, but I have no clue where it is.

Monty used to look and look at the horses, but mostly now he just ignores 
them.  I've never taken him up close because I don't know the horses at all. 
I don't want to spook them and create havoc.

I took Monty to our state fair last year.  He did fine around all the 
livestock except for the llamas.  LOL  I don't think he had ever seen a 
llama before.  His eyes got so big even I could see the whites! We even went 
into this exhibit that the Omaha zoo had where there were small reptiles and 
birds.  they were doing some educational thing with an owl.  I'd guess Monty 
was 4-6 feet away and didn't care at all about the bird.
Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] convention?

> Rebecca,
>
> Yah, I would do that.  /smile/  I was poking fun at myself.  Or should I 
> say
> my inner shrieking 5-year-old.  Who reminds me, now that I think of it of
> the little kid on the bus when he discovered that the doggy has eyes and 
> is
> soft!
>
> This is why I leave it to the rest of you to have and raise children.  I
> could not deal with a little kid like me.  /grin/
>
> For the record, since I started going about with my new the friend the 
> white
> cane, my even *looking* at a horse cases people to shriek at me, at least 
> if
> they're my unfortunately non-horsey friends.  The person with horse always
> does grant my request for permission, probably because they can see that I
> do know how to be around horses safely, and they know their horse.  If the
> horse is unfriendly, they just say no.  Transaction complete!  /smile/
>
> Come to think about it, it's a lot like when someone asks to pet a guide
> dog.  Mine, I would love to show the horses from a distance so she becomes
> comfortable with them while she's young, and I have managed to give her a
> chance to look at a horse and sort of almost touch noses with it over the
> stall door and watch me talk to it and so forth.  Wouldn't take her into 
> an
> enclosure with a horse by any means!
>
> No matter how much I wanted to run shrieking to the horse to throw my arms
> around its neck and kiss.  /lol/
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 10:20 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] convention?
>
> Tami,
> Maybe if you ask if you can touch the horses and meet the people who
> perform before or after the show that would work. Just tell them you're
> really into horses and the worst they can say is no.
> I went to one of those a long time ago. Nice folks who really care about
> what they do.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Julie J
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:45 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] convention?
>
> Tami,
>
> Thanks!
> Monty does very well with loud noises, so maybe I shouldn't worry so
> much.
> I'll see if I can find something remotely similar to take him to before
> July
> to see how he does.
>
> When I went in 2008 we weren't that far back from the edge of the arena.
> I
> could easily hear the horses hooves and tell exactly where they were in
> relation to each other.  The moans, groans and screams do help a lot
> with
> figuring out that one of the knights got hit! LOL  I did have to ask
> which
> one it was though.
>
> I'm remembering that we walked past some of the horse stalls on the way
> in
> or out.  I don't know what your vision is like, but maybe you see the
> horses
> better at that range when they are standing still?
>
> And they give you a DVD of the whole thing to take home with you.
>
> Julie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] convention?
>
>
>> Julie,
>>
>> I went to the one in southern California as an office function way
> back in
>> '90.  It was just as you described, and I absolutely adored it!
>>
>> I think we have one here, and every now and I think it would be great
> to
>> go...  My only thing is that I'm not sure how I would manage to cope
> with
>> not seeing horses.  And the jousting and so forth that involves the
>> horses.
>> I actually used to know a bit about the studs they use here, and I've
> seen
>> pictures of them, but that was awhile ago, I guess.  Still, I love
>> dressage
>> -- which grew out of that knightly military tradition -- and I love
> those
>> more true to original style breeds.  I love watching them in action
> doing
>> all that knightly stuff in the show...
>>
>> I would undoubtedly throw myself over the balcony to try to watch them
> by
>> hand just knowing they are there.  /grin/  It would add something new
> to
>> the
>> show, I guess.  I'm not sure what.
>>
>> Other than wondering if I can keep my hands off the horses, I'm really
>> looking forward to going here sometime.  In '08, I thought it would be
>> really fun to go with other blind people who couldn't see the action,
>> either, because then we would all be appreciating it without having to
> see
>> it, and that would be way cool....  On of these years.  /grin/
>>
>> Mitzi, oddly enough, does really well at stuff like that -- dark,
> loud,
>> raucous.  I hesistated the first time I even considered having her
> stick
>> her
>> nose into something like that, but I wanted to see how she would do if
> I
>> introduced her to that sort of thing...  She wanted to check it out,
> so we
>> went further in, she found some friends of ours, so we sat with them,
> and
>> she just settled down and enjoyed herself.  Strangest thing.  I would
> not
>> have believed that in a million years, especially since she was still
>> barely
>> 18 months old at that time and just as jumpy, flighty, busy, etc., as
> she
>> could be when everything was all low key and dog friendly.  Heck, she
>> still
>> will levitate in her sleep over some slight noise that's different,
> even
>> if
>> Daisy doesn't hear it.  She's just a very, very alert dog and very
>> sensitive
>> to and aware of things in her environment.
>>
>> There is no way on earth she should not go insane in loud places like
>> rowdy
>> bars and the like.  But, no, it's all good there, she's having fun,
> just
>> doing her job and taking life easy.
>>
>> I will never understand that dog.  /smile/  I like her, though.
>>
>> Tami Smith-Kinney
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
>> Of Julie J
>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 10:40 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] convention?
>>
>> Ed,
>>
>> Oh!  It is super awesome!  It's a medieval sort of dinner consisting
> of
>> roasted chicken, a beef rib, potato, soup and bread or at least that's
>
>> what
>> we were served.    All the waiters/waitresses are dressed in medieval
>> garb.
>> You sit in theater type of seating with long tables in front of you.
> It's
>> arranged like an arena.  There's a bit of theater sprinkled with lots
> of
>> demonstrations on jousting, swordplay, falconry and all sorts of other
>> stuff.  Did I say it's awesome?  But it's really loud, not quite as
> much
>> as
>> a  concert, but close at times.   A group of us went in 2008.  There
> were
>> two guide dogs in our group one had no problem and the other was
> seriously
>> not enjoying the action.
>>
>> It's pretty close to the Hilton we'll be at.  I'm not sure how easy it
>
>> would
>>
>> be to walk over there.  The distance wouldn't be a problem, but no
> clue
>> what
>>
>> the pedestrian  ease of travel would be like.
>>
>> Julie
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at roadrunner.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:47 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] convention?
>>
>>
>>> What is the Medieval Times Dinner Theater? sounds interesting.
> Thanks, Ed
>>> Meskys
>>>
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