[nagdu] to Tatyana

[Natalie]

Hi Gary,
Ooh, that sucks.  Hopefully he's better by now.  I know how it goes.  Food 
change was what cured Liam.  He did have a bout of giardia when we first got 
home, and some Metronidazol, (not sure of spelling), and a bland diet took 
care of it.
Best,
Nat and Liam Joshua

----- 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: Friday, September 02, 2011 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] to Tatyana


> Hi Tatyana
>
> Cane skills are part of it but really it comes down to orientation skills. 
> So in some ways   doing a trip to DC as you described might be easier with 
> a dog since they manage things like subways and city scapes so well. What 
> you need to be able to do is to keep yourself orientated in your 
> environment. The dog will get you around the obstacles, take  you to the 
> doors, to the stairsor escullators or elevators, keep you from going off 
> the platform and so on but you need to know where you are going. This 
> means, unless you are a good travellor who can figure all these things out 
> by yourself, you would probably want to do such trips with a sighted guide 
> to get a fell for it. I think there are  many people who don't do tons of 
> new routes with their dogs. And as you say, maybe with a dog you might be 
> more inspired to ttry new routes to see how they go and give yourself more 
> freedom.
>
> One of the things that influenced me getting a dog is that my girlfriend 
> really wanted a dog and as someone mentioned, the best thing about a guide 
> dog is that they can go with you almost anywhere. If you keep your dog 
> brushed and give it a bath regularly it won't smell. If it isn't a poodle 
> then it will shed but how much really depends on the dog from what I've 
> read on here.
>
> Of course, there are the inconveniences that happen from time to time like 
> today. Bogart was wandering in the middle of the night so I thought maybe 
> he wants to go out. I live in an apartment so this meand getting up and 
> walking around the block. He has horrible diarieaa. So today we have  been 
> going out about every 2 hours since then. Nothing as gross as this in my 
> mind anyways. :) If anyone wants to share their cures please feel free. As 
> I've said before I don't worry too much unless something lasts more than 
> 24 hours.
>
> Anyway, I'm being nudged so I think it's time to head out again. 
> Eventually he has to run out of things inside him. :)
>
> Gary
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tatyana <tagriru at gmail.com>
> Date: Friday, September 2, 2011 12:57 pm
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] to Tatyana
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>
>> Hello Marilyn,
>> I don't know whether  I like dogs or not, I don't have one
>> to know. I don't like cats. I had a small dog when I was a
>> child, someone killed our dog and for many years I felt that was
>> the only doggy love in my life. I'm not an advanced cane user. I
>> thought with a dog I could do trips from my town to D.C. and use
>> subway and go any place I never went before. But an improving
>> my   mobility skills  using a cane may be a
>> better  option. If I could get more training in some
>> advanced programs of NFB or something, I don't know what
>> programs are available, but any way may be I need to pay more
>> attention to my cane using skills.With a dog, I would get a
>> companion and loved being. I don't care responsibilities
>> like  cleaning a house, grooming and feeding a dog, but I
>> care smell of my clothing from a dog. I don't want a dog be
>> aggressively attacked. I don't want argue with attendance in
>> public places. And I don't want to ruin a job   of
>> many people not training a dog myself, if I don't take a dog to
>> unfamiliar locations for example, so its  working abilities
>> may be lost. I don't work and I need to go to unknown places not
>> often. But from other hand it may be because I don't have a dog.
>> Tatyana.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "marilyn" <t21114 at optonline.net>
>> To: "nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 1:21 PM
>> Subject: [nagdu] to Tatyana
>>
>>
>> >Hi Tatyana,
>> >I think for everyone its a personal decision about getting a
>> guide dog. First and foremost you must love dogs and be willing
>> to be responsible caring for one.
>> >If you can private email me I would like to talk further to
>> you. Also about Russia
>> >Marilyn and Anna
>> >T21114 at optonline.net
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