[nagdu] Steps

Tue Nov 16 17:29:44 UTC 2010

Cool!  What is the Breeze?

The new demographics of the homeless population is what concerns me...  The
majority of them were working middle class homeowners or renters not so long
ago.  So I'm thinking the atmosphere must be one of anger and desperation.
So I'm not too sure if my 'tude would keep me out of trouble in that
environment.  Or maybe I'm just being a nervous nellie?  /smile/  I talked
to one of my friends who works downtown last night, and she believes that
downtown would be safe for us in the daytime.  So I may give it a go anyway.
DD will have a heart attack.  He saw the problem a couple of months ago when
we were downtown at night, and he is convinced me and my elegant black
poodle will be set upon by roving thugs.  I argue vociferously about that,
but I really don't know how to assess the risk, so...  Nervous nellie it is!
/smile/

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of d m gina
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 3:30 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Steps

I am sorry that the city is so bad. I just walk as if I know what I am 
doing even if I don't.
Then I am not bothered because of the dog.
Just some thoughts.
Jim loves to get out with me, now that we both have the Breeze.
I love to see him getting out with me.

Original message:
> I'm glad somebody else does that!  /lol/  It seems like every time someone
> asks a question about something, I suddenly find I need to run out to do a
> refresher course because I've gotten sloppy, so my dog has gotten sloppy.
> Sigh.  Too much time spent doing the same old same old, I guess, and
running
> around with the roomies instead of adventuring off on our own.

> Well!  Mitzi's paw is all better, and she's rearing for adventure.  I need
> to get her out for some rambunctious run play, then find a place to go
where
> we can practice being a guide dog team.  I was going to suck it up and buy
a
> bus pass to go wandering downtown Portland a couple of times a week, since
I
> love the city.  But I think DD is right in that the ever-growing
population
> of increasingly angry, desperate people living on the streets there makes
> the city too dangerous for me and my sweet precious to go just to walk
> around.  Sigh.  Don't tell him I said he was right, though. /lol/  So I
> guess I need to scope out a nice suburban mall where we can do some indoor
> and outdoor work along with traveling on the bus.  Otherwise, we're going
to
> be useless!

> Tami Smith-Kinney

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Julie J
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 9:53 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Steps

> I did a lot of work on steps and curbs this past weekend.  I needed to
> retrain the approach to up curbs because I have been sloppy and let the
> pause get shorter and shorter until it no longer existed. He's back to
feet
> up on the bottom step or curb!

> And I also worked on having him cross over at the top of a set of stairs
> consisting of anything more than one.  this still needs work.  Sometimes
> he's crossing over when there's only one step and sometimes he's just
> stopping without the cross over.  I'd say he's somewhere in the range of
75%

> accurate though.

> I'm glad this topic was brought up because it's something I've been
thinking

> about and meaning to work on.

> Julie

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