[nagdu] Dog carrying

Wed Jan 12 20:43:50 UTC 2011

Lol, good thing our dogs don't have the collars that the dogs in Up have 
that allow them to talk.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PICKRELL, REBECCA M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog carrying

> It sounds like one of those ideas that sound sgreat in theory but not in 
> reality.
> And, this thread has me smiling as my daughter is going through a phase 
> where she wants to be carried. She'll say "I need carry" whenever she 
> decides she doesn't want to walk. So now I'm imaging everybody's dogs 
> figuring out they *can* be carried and saying "I need carry" whenever they 
> don't feel like walking anymore.
> Can you guys tell this has already been a long week?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of solsticesinger
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 7:38 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog carrying
>
> 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
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>
>> Shanniest.
>> I am picturing you carrying caroline and its making me laugh.
>>
>> Blessings!
>> Melissa Green
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger at gmail.com>
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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)
>>>
>>> Shannon and Caroline
>>> Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me, each Wednesday evening
>>> from 7-10 eastern, for The Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of Women 
>>> In
>>> Music. Point your media player to:
>>> http://mojoradio.us:9090
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> 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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