[nagdu] Doggie Paws

Thu Apr 19 17:14:56 UTC 2012

I was working on it with her today. I tried tucking her paws in and at
first she didn't like it but she conformed to it after a few tries.
Lol! Hugs!

On 4/19/12, Hannah Chadwick <sparklylicious at gmail.com> wrote:
> Juanita,
> Princess also loves to spread out as much as she can, and this can get her
> hurt on the bus or in restaurants or in classrooms, and especially in dark
> places. People don't often see her because she is black and a lot of the
> times blend in with the floor. I think the best thing to do is to put your
> legs in front of her paws or sit somewhere with less traffic. You can try
> folding her paws and tuck it in under her so she can use them as pillows but
> Princess doesn't seem to like that.
> Hugs, Hannah
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Juanita Herrera
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 8:51 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Doggie Paws
>
> William, I don't use a backpack. I carry all my stuff in my purse, and I'm
> not a big fan of placing my purse on the ground.
> Robert, Thank you. I would do that if our desk chairs didn't have anything
> under them. However, under the chairs they decided to put a weird looking
> basket thing so it is hard to fit my dog.
> Has anyone figured out a method to convince their pups to tuck in their
> paws? Her body fits perfectly fine under my desk. The only thing that sticks
> out are her paws.
>
> On 4/19/12, Robert Hooper <hooper.90 at buckeyemail.osu.edu> wrote:
>> 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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