[nagdu] seeing eye

Sun Feb 21 13:02:59 UTC 2010

Thanks Wayne!

The Vari-Kennel I have is the plastic sort with metal door and windows. 
It's super huge.  Fortunately my husband doesn't mind using it as his night 
stand! LOL

I'd love to find a portable crate that would fold up reasonably small, be 
light enough for me to easily carry and is big enough for my pony of a dog 
to fit into.  I have scoured the internet and found nothing.  I'm snowed in 
again today, so maybe I'll give it another go today.

Thanks!
Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] seeing eye

> >From what i remember, the school's crates were heavy duty plastic with
> metal doors that could be swung open or shut, and had latches you
> could use to lock the door shut. It looked more stationary than the
> travel crates others have described. I'm sure that if I needed one,
> then they would have provided me with one. I saw another student's
> crate for their dog and it was the travel kind previously described,
> with the zippers and it looked like it could be folded down pretty
> tight for easy carrying.
>
> Wayne
>
> On 2/21/10, Jennifer L Finley <jenniferfinley at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Julie, what kind of crate did wain use?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 5:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] seeing eye
>>
>>
>>> Wayne,
>>>
>>> Holy cow! That must be a seriously nice crate.  Do you happen to know 
>>> what
>>>
>>> brand or what features it has?
>>>
>>> I bought a super huge Vari-Kennel for Monty.  I think it's the biggest
>>> size available.  My husband calls it "the dog barn".  ROFLOL  It cost 
>>> just
>>>
>>> over $100  or so including the shipping.
>>>
>>> I don't use tie down at all.  Monty loves his crate.  He will go in 
>>> there
>>> sometimes in the afternoon just to hang out or take a nap.
>>>
>>> Now that he's grown out of his puppy craziness and is reliable in the
>>> house, I don't use the crate as much as I used to.  Again, it's just one
>>> of the many things that you have to figure out what works in your 
>>> current
>>> situation.
>>>
>>> Julie
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 3:48 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] seeing eye
>>>
>>>
>>>> You will be given a small mat for the dog to sleep on during one of
>>>> the first regular nightly lectures when you're at the school. This
>>>> will probably be the first night you're there, where they go over
>>>> basic stuff, everyone introduces themselves, and they hand out a few
>>>> things like the mats. Some dogs are crated at the Seeing Eye, but I
>>>> think that this depends on the dog. Many of my classmates had crates
>>>> for their dogs and some didn't. I didn't use a crate my first half of
>>>> training, but asked for one during the second half. My dog seemed to
>>>> do fine with or without one. I looked into crates when I returned
>>>> home, but quickly discovered that the ones that the school was using,
>>>> were usually around $300 or more. I didn't much like the cheaper ones,
>>>> or couldn't find any that suited me, so I've just done without and my
>>>> dog hasn't been worse for wear. I tried leaving the mat out, but she
>>>> eventually pushed it aside and now just sleeps on bare carpet and does
>>>> fine. If my apartment had floors then things might be different, but
>>>> then again who knows. I'm sure that she wouldn't be opposed to having
>>>> a nicer mat or doggie bed, but since she's done fine without one, then
>>>> I really haven't seen the need. My trainer at the school pretty much
>>>> said as much when I brought up the topic of crates with him.
>>>>
>>>> Wayne
>>>>
>>>> On 2/20/10, Jennifer L Finley <jenniferfinley at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> thanks Joy I just was not sure about that.
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Joy Relton" <jrelton at verizon.net>
>>>>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog 
>>>>> Users'"
>>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 6:47 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] seeing eye
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Jennifer,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, you do use your cane up until the time that you begin to use 
>>>>>> your
>>>>>> dog.
>>>>>> I would recommend bringing a folding cane so that you can pack it in
>>>>>> your
>>>>>> suit case when you go home.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>>> Behalf
>>>>>> Of Jennifer L Finley
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 7:09 PM
>>>>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> Subject: [nagdu] seeing eye
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello this is Jennifer, I was wondering, when you first get to the
>>>>>> seeing
>>>>>> eye, do you ever use your cane?  I know at some schools you go 
>>>>>> sighted
>>>>>> guide.  Thanks let me know
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