[nagdu] Doggie Paws

[Robert Hooper]

Hello all:

At my university, I traverse a number of different seating arrangements. In many class rooms, we have the standard table attached to chair arrangement in rows. The chairs have no cross-bars, so I just shove Bailey under my chair. I also get a seat close to a wall. He likes to take up as much space as possible, so he sprawls out a bit, however I've never really had the problems I anticipated. I recommend putting the dog under the chair. I don't have to do any odd positioning with my legs or anything--they just stay on either side of the dog. In a lecture hall, I lay him sideways in front of me if he won't fit--it makes it hard for people to sit next to me on either side, but oh well.

Robert Hooper
Hooper.90 at buckeyemail.osu.edu
The Ohio State University
0653 Buckeye-Cuyahoga CT
653 Cuyahoga Court
Columbus, Ohio 43210
(740) 856-8195


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Laurel
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 10:22 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Doggie Paws

Hey Juanita. Stockard loves to put her paws out and stretch out too.
Sometimes I try to sit on the side of the class room, I'm in college too, and there's usually not as much traffic on the sides. I also use my feet to help keep her rained in. At GDB they had me put Stockard in a down position on my left, so what I do is put her down on my left, and put my left leg kind of stretched out on the other side of her. I let her stick her feet out, but keep my foot on the other side of her feet so people see me and step over. Some people get annoyed, but they all never seem to mind when they realize why my leg is way out there, to protect Stocky's feet. If I don't wanna sit in an uncomfortable way, then I just tuck Stockard's front feet, because it's usually her front feet that shee sticks out, I tuck them behind my foot and keep her feet between her and my leg with my leg out over her a little bit.
That might help too, just depends. But really it helps the most if you sit on the side or in the very back or something maybe.
Laurel and Stockard

On 4/18/12, Hannah Chadwick <sparklylicious at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's probably because you're dog is humungous lol
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Mark J. Cadigan
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 7:06 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Doggie Paws
>
> I don't know why, however, people never step on my dog. It's not like 
> he will move either. If you are about to step on him, he will just 
> stare you down. Maybe people feel the eyes on them, look down, and 
> decide to watch there footing.
>
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