[nagdu] Dog carrying

[Melissa Green]

Shanniest.
I am picturing you carrying caroline and its making me laugh.

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Melissa Green
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog carrying


> 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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> 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
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>> 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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