[nagdu] Bus seating

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Jewel, 
All guide dogs *should* behave but that doesn't mean they do. Kind of
like all people should behave but that doesn't mean they do. 
And, how is behaving defined? Some people don't want their dogs on a
seat because they don't want their dog on any people furniture. My last
dog was one such dog, if I gave her an inch, she'd take a mile. So, no
bus seats for her. 

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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jewel S.
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 2:22 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bus seating

I know Albert mentioned this as a joke, but I wanted to tell everyone
that you *can* offer your guide dog a seat. I spoke to several bus
drivers, and all of them said that as long as the bus was not overly
full and the dog behaved (which all guide dogs should!), they had no
problem with a guide dog sitting in a seat on the buses that don't
have room under the seat. I just thought I'd let people know that if
you ask, it may be allowed, and is therefore an option for people
whose buses don't have the underneath room for a poor squished guide
dog.

~Jewel

On 4/1/10, AnnaLisa Anderson <annalisa at sector14.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> The buses around here don't have anywhere for your dog to go in the
front or
> the back where the sideways facing seats are.  Therefore I very rarely
sit
> up front, unless either I'm only going a very short distance, or if
the bus
> is super crowded.  Sometimes I will sit in the sideways seats in the
back,
> not so worried about Sunny getting stepped on back there, but it still
> happens.  I much prefer the normal forward facing seats, and I usually
try
> to go 3 or 4 back on the right, so there is no wheelchair brace or
diagonal
> bar in the way.  And on the right so I can just have Sunny turn
slightly and
> back herself in.  She has gotten to be extremely good at backing in
and
> plopping herself down in the floor at the same time I am sitting down.
Then
> I put a leg on either side of her so she doesn't slide around, and
we're
> set.
>
> AnnaLisa and Sundance
>
>
>
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