[nagdu] crowded trains

Thu Mar 1 03:34:56 UTC 2012

That might be because you are still a new team. Em did the same, now she
moves. 

Marsha 

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Of Mark J. Cadigan
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:01 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] crowded trains

no. he does not get out of the way. I accidentally step on him and he
doesn't 
care.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole B. Torcolini at Home" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] crowded trains

> Hahaha. Does he get out of the way for you? Lexia knows that I am blind 
> and will jump out of the way for me.
> I am also able to reposition Lexia, but she is a lab who is less than 70 
> pounds. That being said, she does not mind being repositioned. As a matter

> of fact, one of her favorite games when out of harness is "try to roll me 
> over", which can get really silly because of the way she uses her legs and

> paws.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 6:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] crowded trains
>
>
>> He does not protest, I just mostly slide/shove him to the smallest 
>> possible area or under the seat. Sometimes when I do that to my dog 
>> people are afraid I am going to get bitten, but my dog and for that 
>> matter all well trained dogs don't mind being handled. I am gentle, 
>> mostly working with him and forcefully encouraging rather than forcing.
>>
>>
>>
>> I call my dog "expando dog" when he figures how to take up the entire 
>> Flore space available. The best part is, if someone is trying to get 
>> past, he just stares at them, and waits for them to step over him.
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't let my dog sprawl in public unless there is plenty of room.  Like

>> in some of my classes there is like 4 ft between my desk and the wall 
>> that nothing is in because of the way the room is arranged also, this 
>> space is impossible to walk threw so it's not a bother to anyone.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] crowded trains
>>
>>
>>> Mark,
>>>
>>> I bet that is a site to see. Em is only like 60 pounds, but takes up the
>>> floor space of like 3 or 4 dogs. Do they teach them at the guide dog 
>>> schools
>>> to do the shepard sprawl?
>>>
>>> Marsha
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Mark J. Cadigan
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:03 PM
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>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] crowded trains
>>>
>>> My dog will do the same thing. I basically pick him up, and shape him 
>>> into
>>> the space I want him to fit into. Lol. I have an 80 lb dog. Lol
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
>>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:57 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] crowded trains
>>>
>>>
>>>> This brings up a interesting thing. Emma is a shepard, and when we are 
>>>> at
>>>> school, or any where for that matter, she will do the shepard sprawl. 
>>>> You
>>>> know like takes up as much of the floor that she possibly can. So if we
>>>> are
>>>> on a crowded train, how do I make my pup be small?
>>>>
>>>> Marsha
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Cindy Ray
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:26 PM
>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] crowded trains
>>>>
>>>> Well, first of all, I agree with you on the business of not caring 
>>>> about
>>>> standing. It is fine with me. I sometimes feel I can get the dog in a 
>>>> bit
>>>> safer place if I do sit, but I try to keep him small as possible and 
>>>> stand
>>>> behind him to protect his tail. I try to refuse seats, and sometimes it
>>>> works. Other times it does not work. Maybe this is a cop out, but when 
>>>> it
>>>> doesn't, I just go ahead and take it to get the situation finished. I'm
>>>> older and I know I can stand on the train or bus; some of those folks I
>>>> won't see anymore; we all want to get where we are going, so I leave it
>>>> alone. But I will protest. There are times when it has worked to do 
>>>> that,
>>>> times when not.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy
>>>>
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