[nagdu] Attaching the Cane to the Harness

Gloria G gloria.graves at gmail.com
Tue Jul 19 17:35:06 UTC 2011 

Hi,
Gary I just wanted to let you know I believe there is a cane that will fold 
and be small enough to fit into a powch. A friend of mine has one and I am 
waiting on her to contact me to find out excatly. I know this a few days or 
so late, but I just wanted to give an in put. Oh by the way does anyone know 
Odie L and his email info for this list? Thanks!
Gloria
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Attaching the Cane to the Harness


> Buddy,
> Yup, this was my experience too.  The sign I used even had a picture of a 
> dog's head with a hand reaching to pet and a giant red slash through the 
> whole thing.  Even if the person couldn't read or had difficulty with 
> English, the picture should have been clear.  Unfortunately what seems 
> very obvious to me isn't to everyone else. *sigh*
>
> Julie
> On 7/15/2011 7:28 PM, 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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