[nagdu] Soft Crates was RE: seeing eye

Ginger Kutsch gingerKutsch at yahoo.com
Mon Feb 22 13:59:45 UTC 2010


Dear Lyn,

The Seeing Eye has two soft crates for the students to use. I'm
not sure which one you have but I've pasted the info for both
below.  The crate from Cherrybrook is sturdier with a tube frame,
that's why they're more expensive, but the PetEdge ones work just
fine.

Collapsible Crate Info 

Guardian Gear crate from PetEdge
(the orange one)
Phone: 800-Pet-Edge  (800-738-3343)
www.petedge.com

Product No. - ZA42038  
Size: 38x26x29     
Price: $56.99 +shipping


N2N SoftKrate from Cherrybrook Pet Supplies
(the green one)
Phone: 800-524-0820
www.cherrybrook.com
Product No. - 15-345-5  
Size: 42x28x31   
Price: $159.99

or

Product No. - 15-345-4  
Size: 36x24x27  
Price: $139.99

The first size is the huge crate we have here, the second size is
probably more appropriate. 

 

 

 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Linda Gwizdak
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 12:29 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] seeing eye

Ginger,
Will you please tell Julie where Seeing Eye gets those soft
crates we had at school and they ordered one for me to buy?
thanks.

Lyn and Landon
----- 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: Sunday, February 21, 2010 5:02 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] seeing eye


> 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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