[nagdu] State Convention

[Sheila Leigland]

Tami I have been stupid a time or two with a dog. When I was in training with my first dog, he would stop at those parking things that are supposed to slow down cars and I didn't for a total of theree times I finally figured out that when my dog stopped maybe it would be a good thing to do the same. I also got tired of the bruises. My trainer told me I was learning to fall graciously. One after coming home with my dog he stopped at a bunch of steps and my son who was with us said dah your dog stopped mom. That one would have been a long way down.

Sheila Leigland

-----Original Message-----
From: Tami Kinney <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 12:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] State Convention

Yeah, it's a real hoot romping around with cane users and your guide 
dog. /lol/ Especially when everybody likes to experiment and compare 
notes and find new and clever ways of dealing with ordinary O&M 
problems. Er... Unless you happen to be the cane user who gets excited 
over a new technique and starts using it on the fly without learning to 
adjust for it first. Ouch! Well, one way to learn how to use a new 
technique to avoid obstacles is to run into one a full tilt. The 
advantage of being the dog user in such a free wheeling crowd is that 
your dog has more sense and will not allow you to get hurt from your own 
stupidity. /lol/

Tami 11/07/2011 06:50 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
> Yah, this sort of appropriat for this list.  Our state convention was in Kalamazoo last weekend.  Three members from our chapter went to Kalamazoo by train.  While there I introduced the idea of forming a guide dog division like many of y'all have in New York for instancee.  I may very well have enough interest as well!  But, that is not what this is about!  My 2 friends are cane users so I sort of wondered what it might be like to work cane and dog together as a team.  Not me with a cane in my hand and also a dog but using what the dog knows in tandem with what can be found with the cane.  It was pretty fun!  I would have the cane folks find which driveway we were supposed to go up and then I would have them follow me when I told Holly to find in! They did the shore lining and I did the door finding.  Also, when I was in front I could tell them when something was coming up and which way to veer so they didn't bang it.  Using both skills in a group was really interesting an
d neat!
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