[nagdu] More On the Senator And His Guide Dog (pre-Buddy)

[Buddy Brannan]

Howdy,

Y'all can get all of the guide dog thingies I have currently here:
http://buddy.brannan.name/dogbooks.zip

There may be weird Mac housekeeping files in the archive, just ignore those. All of this stuff comes from the Seeing Eye, or old archives of what they used to have available, with the recent addition of the currently discussed Almo. I'd love to find more of this stuff sometime. :)

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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Nov 28, 2011, at 4:58 PM, harold leigland wrote:

> hi buddy, I was interested in this as well, but also because of the mention of senator Walsh, who was a close friend of my grand parents; he died on the train back to washington Dc of food poisoning. Some thought he was murdered by his enemeies big business. very interesting. hal    
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> From: Buddy Brannan <buddy at brannan.name>
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> Date: Friday, Nov 25, 2011 08:02:07 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] More On the Senator And His Guide Dog (pre-Buddy)
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>> 
>> Ah. Someone found me a copy of the book I was missing, so for completeness' sake, here's the passage from it regarding the Minnesota Senator. Not much to add from Peter Putnam's account, but certainly a different slant on the matter:
>> 
>>     Mr. J. L. Sinykin, of St. Paul, whose hobby is fine shepherd
>> dogs, began to hear stories about the success of the eye dog from
>> his business associates on the other side.  Always a lover of
>> shepherd dogs, and in deep sympathy with those unfortunate souls
>> whose lives must be lived in shadows and total darkness, he
>> responded to an inner sense of duty toward these fellow creatures
>> and a desire to do something that would make it possible for the
>> blind of America to have the advantage of such dogs.  After
>> considerable difficulty he succeeded in getting two of these dogs
>> out of Germany and into the United States.
>>     He placed Lux, the first dog to reach here, with his friend,
>> Senator Thomas D. Schall of Minneapolis, and instructed him in
>> how to use Lux.  The Senator was eager to gain the freedom and
>> the degree of privacy from human guardianship he had been
>> promised, and quickly learned to be guided over familiar ground,
>> attending to business and chatting with friends in shops along
>> the way.  He soon learned to extend his territory in his home
>> town and to make new friends and enjoy some of the things long
>> since denied him.  Permits were obtained by the Senator to have
>> Lux with him in his stateroom on board pullmans and airship lines
>> when traveling to and from Minneapolis and Washington, D. C. Lux
>> remained by the Senator's side in his office, and guided him
>> about the Senate building and streets of Washington and was his
>> inseparable companion for more than six years.  The passing of
>> Lux is a pathetic example of the devotion of these dogs to their
>> masters.  Senator Schall was obliged to leave the faithful Lux
>> with friends for several days while he attended the funeral of
>> his friend, Senator Walsh, during which time Lux refused to eat
>> and grieved and pined for his master and died of a broken heart,
>> a few hours before the Senator returned.
>> 
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV ˜ Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>> 
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