[nagdu] Relieving harness update

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Tracy,

I'm glad it worked out!  We know we're a real guide dog handler family and
dog family with a back yard around here, because we discuss poop over dinner
and don't even notice what we're doing anymore.  Then again, I grew up on a
cattle ranch, where some of the finer details of the stuff is an indicator
of the health of your cash crop, so...  My mom never did get used to that,
poor thing.

Back in the apartment, I introduced Mitzi to the relieving harness.  She
wore it with pride, playing shadow ball soccer with a grocery bag waving and
crackling in the air behind her...  The only thing she would not do while
wearing the thing was to, you know, deposit anything in it.  I still have
it, same grocery bag still attached, in case it comes in handy when she gets
older.  It will fit Daisy, too, so I'm glad to know it works under those
conditions.

Hugs to Echo!

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 6:28 AM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nagdu] Relieving harness update

My retired dog Echo is very old, and getting a bit senile.  She's as apt
to poop inside as out, these days.  It was getting to be a real problem. 
I bought a relieving harness from Pawpower Creations, and it's been a real
godsend.  Now, if we're not sure she's done her stuff, I put on the
harness and a bag, and she just wears it in the house.  I have to make one
bag handle a little bigger, so it's comfortable, but after that she
doesn't seem to mind it at all.  She only gets bugged when her poop starts
to follow her around.  Then she comes to find me, and I take care of it,
though usually I smell it and come find her first.  It's such a relief, to
smell the smell and find everything neatly in the bag and ready to dispose
of, instead of scattered all over the floor, waiting for us to step in it.
 Sometimes the bag gets crumpled, and some falls out, but it's still a
huge improvement.  We had tried the doggy diaper, but this is a much
better solution.
Sorry if I've grossed anyone out. You know you're a guide dog handler when
poop becomes part of ordinary conversation.
Tracy



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