[nagdu] Dog carrying

[solsticesinger]

Carrying the dog by the backstrap? I can't imagine such a thing. My dog 
weighs almost as much as I do. (Grin)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog carrying


> Do you remember when for a time TSE taught you to carry the dog by the 
> back strap onto the escalator?
> I think I learned that with Spencer, but I'm not sure. Well, I could 
> barely lift that dog up to do it; same thing as was true with the asphalt; 
> I worked with Lukas at convention with him. He said, "You don't need to do 
> that with him. He has no problem with the escalator." Glad we have the 
> escalator training, too. Chuck once carried his dog on one because the 
> down stairs in the store were closed for some weird reason. He said he did 
> it all the time. I was amazed and asked him about it after we got off. He 
> said he had never done it before.
>
> OK, done with that. <Grin>
> On Jan 6, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>
>> Yep, I try not to carry the dog anymore, if I can help it.
>> Once, in the days before most schools taught escalators, I carried my
>> 75-pound shepherd up a very long escalator.  Now, I can't imagine doing
>> such a thing.  We also have a picture a friend took of me and my husband
>> carrying Amba up an escalator.  She was reclining in our arms, like
>> Cleopatra being borne along by her slaves.
>> Thank goodness for escalator training!
>>
>> Tracy
>>> Are you sure you aren't just misunderstanding the calling? <Giggle> Wow,
>>> how big is the grating anyway? I would actually think you would want to 
>>> be
>>> careful about carrying your dog over it because of possible back injury.
>>>
>>> Once I carried Spencer across hot asphalt because one of the 
>>> construction
>>> workers offered to do it, and I said to myself, "Self, never relinquish
>>> the dog to anyone." I picked him up by the back strap and carried him 
>>> over
>>> best I could. Needless to say, I went home by another country.
>>>
>>
>>
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