[nagdu] Steps

d m gina dmgina at samobile.net
Tue Nov 16 19:04:19 UTC 2010


When I lived down town I walked as though I
knew where I was going.
I loved down town. So many places to visit.
The breeze is the trekker breeze.



Original message:
> 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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