[nagdu] out and about

Natalie nrorrell at qwest.net
Mon Nov 21 21:22:16 UTC 2011


Hi Julie,
That's exciting news that now you and Monty can begin to walk about more 
freely after your accident.  Keeping fingers and paws crossed for continued 
recovery.  Hugs and wags.
Best,
Nat and Liam Joshua

----- 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: Thursday, November 17, 2011 11:24 AM
Subject: [nagdu] out and about


> Today was the first day since I broke my foot that I've been able to leave 
> my home without human assistance!  Yea! I put Monty in his mobility 
> harness and headed out the front door.  We made it to the corner and back 
> without any problems. This is about a block and a half of total actual 
> walking distance.  I've been working on building up the distance I can 
> walk without the crutches.  Up until now, though, I've always had a family 
> member along just in case I would fall or go too far and not be able to 
> make it back.
>
> For now I'm using the mobility harness because the fixed in place handle 
> helps me a lot to feel more secure on my feet. I can follow his movements 
> well enough using this harness at the speed I am moving.  Also if I bobble 
> a bit this harness along with Monty's ability to brace keeps me from 
> falling.   He's doing great at stopping for every change in the walking 
> surface.  This was not something that I needed before.  For example Monty 
> will now stop when we get to the alley where we change from cement to 
> dirt.  Before I never bothered with teaching him to stop at this sort of 
> change because I just kept on walking with no difficulty.  Now I need to 
> know we are at the alley because the dirt is slightly uneven, but enough 
> that I could misstep.
>
> Anyway I'm super excited!  Being able to walk this far with Monty means 
> that I will be able to take a cab or have a driver  drop me off at the 
> curb and I'll be able to get into the building on my own.  Well as soon as 
> I figure out how to manage those big heavy doors.  Or I need to teach 
> Monty to find the automatic door opener buttons or something.
>
> Julie
>
>
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