[nagdu] Attaching the Cane to the Harness
Sherri
flmom2006 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 15 19:46:25 UTC 2011
Leader Dogs sells a sign that says "do not pet working dog. It fits into a
sleeve on a pouch which velcros shut. The pouch holds quite a bit of stuff.
Very happy with the sign.
Sherri
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Attaching the Cane to the Harness
> Also GDUI has little signs that say do not touch dog, or something to
> that. So it is an idea.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dan Weiner<mailto:dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users'<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Attaching the Cane to the Harness
>
>
> 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>
> [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>
> [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<mailto:rainshadowmusic at shaw.ca>>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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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