[nagdu] Bells

Larry D. Keeler lkeeler at comcast.net
Sat Dec 31 18:54:22 UTC 2011


Yah, just like kids!  Pez and Holly have different sounding bells so I can 
usually tell who's doing what but it doesn't always work!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tami Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bells


> Larry,
>
> Ah, the dreaded poodle Stealth Mode! The bells on the color merely add 
> extra spice to a life of high crimes and misdemeanors. Of course, the 
> point of a poodle crime is not the object of theft or even the crime 
> itself. It's getting away with it to see if you catch them! Mitzi is so 
> pleased with herself and with us when we bust her in the act!
>
> So, when you have bells on your poodle and the bells are not jingling, 
> your belief that the poodle is simply being very good and still exactly 
> where she should be... You could be wrong. /lol/ I still get jumpy when 
> we're in a restaurant and I notice I"m not hearing anything from the dog. 
> She's never done any of the really extreme things that pop into my fervid 
> imagination, but... She's a poodle, after all, so I can never really be 
> sure. It's looking like, just as she taught Daisy the fine art of trouble 
> making for trouble's sake, then looking too innocent to have had anything 
> to do with it, so she is training Zay. We are in trouble around here for 
> sure!
>
> I do like bells on the collar for echo location and added feedback in 
> tricky environments when we're on the go. I've discovered that I use the 
> clicker for that, too, so now I just carry one in my hand especially when 
> we go into a store or something. I do much better if I click when I'm 
> confused. /lol/
>
> Zay has already lost one of her bells and is discovering why it's a good 
> idea to keep herself out from under foot. /lol/ Mitzi, of course, knows 
> how to use her bells to keep from being tripped over, just as she can make 
> them go silent when she's doing something she might not want us to notice.
>
> The adventure continues...
>
> Tami
>
> On 12/30/2011 08:00 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
>> They don't work on poodles! They're too smart! I've got one on my little
>> poodle mix and he will hold his head still and sneak out the door! By
>> the time I hear the bell, he's startting a merry chace!
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tami Kinney" 
>> <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 8:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bells
>>
>>
>>> Cool! Can non TSE grads order them, too? I've been looking for
>>> something like those bells forever and just can't find them. So I use
>>> clusters of cat bells to be able to hear and get some echo location
>>> from them. Cat bells! On my guide dog! That just ain't right. /lol/
>>>
>>> Tami
>>>
>>> On 12/30/2011 03:57 PM, Lyn Gwizdak wrote:
>>>> Those little cowbells are hard to find. But TSE would have them. I saw
>>>> them listed on the sheet we get to order leashes, collars, and stuff.
>>>> Try them.
>>>>
>>>> Lyn and Landon
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy Carcione"
>>>> <carcione at access.net>
>>>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 7:47 AM
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] Bells
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Yesterday I let Ben run around the yard with his little TSE cowbell,
>>>>> and
>>>>> the bell fell off and got lost. Does anyone know where to get 
>>>>> something
>>>>> similar? I'd say Ben Franklin's, but we don't have any nearby.
>>>>> I would like another little cowbell. It seems to ring better than the
>>>>> round bells I have.
>>>>> I'm sorry to have lost it. All I had to do was pick it up and ring it,
>>>>> and Ben would come running to go enjoy a sniff in the yard.
>>>>>
>>>>> Happy New Year to all!
>>>>> Tracy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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