[nagdu] Update From VA

[Jessica Diaz]

Hi
My friend's husband has fake knees and doesn't really like the rides smiley.
So he held them. He knows both of them so they were fine.
Jess

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Shannon Wells
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:02 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Update From VA

Wow, that's pretty funny how he takes you to stairs when you say escalator.
Smart dog. :) I'm curious, do you have someone stay with the dog while you
ride rides at the amusement park? That is one place I never took my dog.
Shannon Wells
On Jul 17, 2012, at 2:47 PM, Jessica Diaz wrote:

> Hi Everyone
> 
> Forgive me for taking so long to write and will try to some up 
> everything that has been going on in to one message. My move to VA 
> back in April went smoothly. The dogs took time to adjust to each 
> other but we got it worked out. I still am working with Saunders not 
> to mount my hubbys dog and he is doing tons better. I started O&M and 
> take my cane. Then a few days later I go back and work with the dog. 
> It just works so much better for me because I must know everything 
> around new areas that I will frequent. I feel I get that feedback 
> better with a cane. We have taken the Metro a few times and Saunders 
> does great. He does not like escalators and when I tell him to find it 
> he takes me to the steps right next door. If there are no steps he 
> will then take me a few feet in front of the escalator and stop. I 
> think he is saying do we have to do this? In the Metro stations it is 
> so much better to find escalators then elevators because they are 
> centrally located. We will get better on those hopefully, though I 
> need to remember to put on his shoes which I am bad about. I'm job 
> searching and this last one was not in a safe area. I did not know 
> about it until I stepped off the bus. Even though we crossed the same 
> street a few times trying to find the building the company was in, 
> Saunders did great and followed my instructions. He probably was 
> thinking, mom you are totally lost. Last weekend he got his first 
> amusement park experience in Ocean City MD. He does not like crowds 
> and kept moving from one side of the board walk to the other trying to 
> find a straight enough path. I was surprised about how good he was. 
> With all those balls flying and games, I thought he would be nervous. 
> The nervous part came on Fri. night when he saw me on a roller 
> coaster. He began to bark and I knew it was him. I felt bad but I 
> couldn't just jump off at 40 feet. When I got down he flew at me and I 
> decided to let him spend the rest of the weekend in the hotel room. He 
> loved it and was spread out on the bed on his blanket watching animal
planet. Are anyone else's dogs sensitive? Mine hates it when I am in water
and he cannot get to me. Also like at the park when he thinks I am in
danger. Thanks for reading our adventures.
> 
> Jessica
> 
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