[nagdu] Dog carrying

[solsticesinger]

It makes me laugh too. Caroline weighs close to seventy pounds. If I picked 
her up at all, it certainly wouldn't be by the back strap of her harness. 
Honestly, I can't imagine anyone doing that, but, what do I know? (Grin)

Shannon and Caroline, who claims to be too big for carrying
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melissa Green" <graduate56 at juno.com>
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Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog carrying


> Shanniest.
> I am picturing you carrying caroline and its making me laugh.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:31 AM
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>> Carrying the dog by the backstrap? I can't imagine such a thing. My dog 
>> weighs almost as much as I do. (Grin)
>>
>> Shannon and Caroline
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>> from 7-10 eastern, for The Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of Women In 
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>> From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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