[nagdu] Using a guide dog in a gym

[James Brown]

as you enter my weight room, theri's a desk with a staff member.  I tie Jordan up to the desk and use my cane from there.  A trustworthy person sits at the desk ninety percent of the time

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On Jan 25, 2011, at 11:40 AM, "Nicole B. Torcolini at Home" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:

> This is actually one of those situations in which you might want to consider not bringing your dog if you cannot find a good solution. Usually, Lexia goes everywhere with me, but there are a few places that she does not go. How do you get to the gym? Sometimes, even if getting there with the guide dog is easier/smoother, it's what goes on after you get there that matters more. Just my two cents.
> 
> Nicole
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Fox" <rick at 4dewitt.com>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:53 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Using a guide dog in a gym
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> 
>> Hello everybody,
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>> 
>> 
>> I work out regularly in a public gym. I began this regime at the beginning
>> of the new year.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> One level of the gym has cardio equipment, such as treadmills, stair
>> masters, and elliptical machines. Another level has strength training weight
>> machines. I spend about a half hour doing a circuit with the strength
>> training machines. They're pretty close together. Once you start your
>> circuit, each machine is a step or two away from the last one. The cane
>> suffices nicely in this environment, and I need both hands to adjust
>> weights, lift or pull, etc. The cardio floor is no problem, since there's
>> room for my dog to rest beside me while I work on whatever machine.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I haven't shown up there yet with my dog, though I've told staff that I will
>> soon. Ideally, I guess I'd need a place on the weight machine level that's
>> out of the way but within sight of me. I've asked staff if there's such a
>> place they could suggest, and they didn't have any bright ideas. Even if
>> they put a hook into the wall for me or had a chair under which the dog
>> could scoot, I've never tied my dog at rest in a public place where
>> strangers could mess with him in all kinds of ways and then left him
>> unmonitored for minutes at a time. I guess that worries me. Please, how have
>> others handled this kind of thing. Thanks very much.
>> 
>> Rick fox
>> 
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