[nagdu] Attaching the Cane to the Harness

Tami Kinney tamara.8024 at comcast.net
Sat Jul 16 02:46:57 UTC 2011 

I've heard that a lot about the signs so just never bothered to get one.
I've been noticing lately though that for some reason a number of people
will ask very politely if it's okay if the say hello to my guide dog,
but we've been refreshingly free of drive by petting. I wonder if it's
just random chance or if something has changed. Not that I'm
complaining. I always appreciate a polite request. Most of the time I
agree to allow my super model rock star to accept the adoration of her
fans, but the other day I decided it best to say no because we were in a
restaurant, and the people were very understanding. WHo knew? /grin/

On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 20:28 -0400, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> I tried a sign for a while once. My experience was that people would still pet my dog, sometimes while reading the sign. So I gave it up as not much more effective, if any more effective, than not having one. 
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 15, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
> 
> > And, make sure it says, do not pet, feed or talk to me in a color that one
> > could see in the middle of the night...yeh, fluorescent.  
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> > Of Tina Thomas
> > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 10:18 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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