[nagdu] Attaching the Cane to the Harness

Fri Jul 15 15:30:32 UTC 2011

I think the harness pouch is a good idea though I personally have never
wanted to use one.
I figure the harness is heavy enough that I don't need to burden my dog with
more paraphernalia.
Having said that, I know a lot of people swear by harness pouches so it
might be just the thing for a fund raiser or something.

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Tina Thomas
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:18 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Attaching the Cane to the Harness

I like the idea of  us selling a harness pouch. We could possibly design it
so that there would be a space to attach a telescopic cane to the pouch. 
Tina 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Marion Gwizdala
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 5:07 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: [nagdu] Attaching the Cane to the Harness

Gary,
    I completely understand about not using your hands to gain information
in a public bathroom! I don't even let my dog get too close to the urinals
and, unless it is a very urgent situation, never use anything else! In fact,

if you ever notice that paper towel behind the door, I dropped it there so I

didn't need to touch the handle. Not everyone washes their hands in there,
don't ya know!
    Frankly, I have gotten out of the habit of carrying my white cane with
me since I broke my telescopic one. It's a bit challenging to tote a 69" 
length of carbon fiber around! Now I have one of the new NFB carbon fiber
telescopic canes in its nifty little carrying case and I will be able to
return to it.
    Since it has a carrying case, I am wondering if I could run a couple of
zip ties through it at the seams and attach it to the handle of the harness.

I'm going to check it out! I wonder if NFB sells the carrying cases
separately!
    NAGDU has entertained the possibility of selling harness pouches as a
fund raiser, so we will keep the idea of toting the cane in mind while
deciding upon such a thing in the future.
----- Original Message -----
From: "GARY STEEVES" <rainshadowmusic at shaw.ca>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 4:35 PM
Subject: [nagdu] carrying white cane

> Hello:
>
> This is slightly related to  the email I'm responding to. :) I like to 
> have a cane with me even when I have Bogart for several reasons. The 
> most notable I've come across is having to use public washrooms. 
> Really need a cane to find things rather than ones hands or feet.
>
> Has anyone rigged up a way of carrying a cane on the harness? I was 
> thinking of getting a longish ID cane so it would be light and thin 
> but would serve in case of emergency. I was hoping I could fit it in 
> his harness pouch but I think even my short ID cane is too long. Has 
> anyone thought up something ingenious that they would like to share?
>
> Thanks
> Gary
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tami Kinney <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
> Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:06 am
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] attachment or anxiety separation
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>
>> Bibi,
>>
>> Wow. You sure have beeen through a lot recently. That alone, or so it 
>> seems to me, would make anyone more prone to anxiety in general. As 
>> would being without a white cane! I did once go for a time without a 
>> white cane after I lost my very first one somehow, so now I have a 
>> zillion canes and need to get to ordering a spare straight cane, as 
>> well as a new pocket cane, whether it's a telescoping nfb cane or a 
>> light foldup ambutech. /lol/ I trust my guide now and use her 
>> exclusively for nearly everything, but I don't want to get stuck 
>> without a dog or cane ever again! /lol/
>>
>> I haven't yet had to find out how I will cope with my guide's 
>> retirement, and I plan not to for another 5 or 6 years at the very 
>> least. Still... I feel very sad and get a twinge of separation 
>> anxiety just thinking about it. Heck, I get separation anxiety just 
>> leaving her at the groomers. Sad, but true. /smile/
>>
>> Hope your new cane arrives soon, and good on Dale for being your eyes 
>> in the meantime. My then-husband was, well, useless and also made a 
>> big deal about expressing the extent to which he just didn't know 
>> what my problem was and that I should just not go to work until a new 
>> cane arrived, but it was no hurry, there was some reason he was 
>> interfering with my attempts to acquire a new one, I can't even 
>> remember what it was. Thus, he is now the ex-husband. Argh! I did 
>> manage to get my hands on a support cane, which was better than 
>> nothing but not at all the same and it was too short, so it actually 
>> made life more difficult, especially since there was snow on the 
>> ground at the time, all nicely packed down even on the sidewalks and 
>> all icy and limpy, so... Well, having friends with brains around 
>> helped many times but I am glad you also have a cooperative , even 
>> helpful partner to assit in covering the gap. /smile/
>>
>> Best to you both, and to Odie as well.
>>
>> Tami
>>
>> On Tue, 2011-07-12 at 07:55 -0600, Criminal Justice Major
>> Extraordinairewrote:
>> > Hi, all,
>> > Have any of you felt that big attachment toward your retired
>> guide dog and
>> > experienced anxiety separation?
>> > It seems like I've been experiencing that lately and was
>> hoping I wouldn't
>> > be the only one.
>> > I've found myself feeling all of that, especially when Odie is
>> left at home.
>> > On Saturday, Dale and I went to see a Cinderrella play live
>> that my step
>> > sister Sarah was in.
>> > It was held in the theater inside the King Center on Auraria
>> campus and
>> > total amount of people was probably four hundred.
>> > There was no way that Odie was probably going to handle it, so
>> the hard
>> > decision was to leave him at home for me at least.
>> > While Dale and I were out with family, that's when it all hit me.
>> > Yesterday was a different story however.
>> > Odie was in his medical alert service dog vest walking with my
>> husband.> I was using my support cane and walking ahead of the two 
>> men slowly and
>> > carefully.
>> > Odie began to move faster upon trying to bolt out in front of me.
>> > I think he still felt that he needed to be my eyes and was
>> concerned that I
>> > was going to get hurt.
>> > I'm in the process of getting a new fold up white cane through
>> Ambutech.> unfortunately I had lost my current one, especially after 
>> the convulsive
>> > grandmal seizures I dealt with two months in a row.
>> > Thankfully, my husband told me he'd happily be my eyes until I
>> can get my
>> > replacement folding cane and be matched with a successor partner.
>> > Bibi
>> >
>> >
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