[nagdu] all day in an office

[Julie J]

Brian,

Thanks!  Way back when I first started taking Monty to work with me, I 
purchased a soft crate for my office.  I was not impressed with it at all. 
He was doing fine with just being under the desk so I never bought a 
different crate.    I'll have to reconsider the crate as an option. I'll 
need to do some measuring and possibly moving some furniture.  My office 
isn't as big as yours!  At least it's not a cube in a farm.  For that I am 
eternally grateful.

Do you find people having problems with allergies?  What do you do in this 
situation?  Honestly though, if someone is that violently allergic, probably 
me just being near them is going to cause problems.

Thanks!
Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Brown" <bryanbrown at solarus.biz>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] all day in an office


>I keep a very large crate in my office that doubles as a printer stand and 
>desk extension, the only time I close it is when I am expecting a client 
>that doesn't care for dogs and when I am in session. I'm thinking about 
>actually putting up a largish kennel in my reception area but then again my 
>office and reception area is about 400 square feet.
>
> I have a few clients that are very intimidated by dogs and others that 
> insist on visiting with him every time they come in.
>
> For a fairly high strung GSD my boy deals with office life pretty well... 
> in fact I think he's good " P R"
>
>    B
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Julie J" <julielj at neb.rr.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:58 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] all day in an office
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>
>> Hello all!
>>
>> There is a possibility that my work schedule and responsibilities will be 
>> changing soon.  right now I work half time, including meetings and 
>> classes at various locations.  I could end up working full time, although 
>> I'd like to stay under 30 hours.  Anyway, the new arrangement would be 
>> almost exclusively in my office, meeting with clients of assorted 
>> colorful backgrounds.
>>
>> Monty usually sleeps under my desk on his rug.  I don't anticipate that 
>> clients will bother him there.  If they do I can easily relocate Monty 
>> out of their reach.  I was also thinking that I could go for a short walk 
>> on my breaks and possibly go home for lunch or perhaps a walk to a 
>> restaurant.  For those of you who work in office type jobs, do you find 
>> that your guide has difficulty with long hours of nothing for them to do? 
>> Do you offer more freedom in your office when you have no clients?   Do 
>> you tend to do more things on the weekends  so your guide can get in more 
>> varied work?
>>
>> any helpful ideas for the transition to a longer, less varied work day 
>> are appreciated.
>>
>> TIA
>> Julie
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