[nagdu] people taking pictures of dog or wanting to take pictures of your dog

d m gina dmgina at samobile.net
Sun Feb 10 22:32:05 UTC 2013


I need to work with my dog with his booties.
That is a swell idea in a parade to have him wear them.
I would love to see us in the Christmas parade this year.
How far advanced do you need to plan for this?

Original message:
> Hi Eve,
> I can see what you mean about the labels, "partials or sighteds" and
> "Totals" and the stigmas attached to them.  This sucks but is reality.  It
> is like in the Black community light skinned or dark skinned and the stigma
> is more on the dark skinned as the totals are looked upon as less in the
> blind community.  On both couonts it is wrong!

> You should NEVER play second fiddle to anyone else just because they may
> possess more or full eyesight.  I've seen this behavior mainly in the blind
> schools where some people feel the need to dump on someone else - well, the
> totals.  Partials have some sight so they would be in the "sighted camp"
> even though partials get crap from both sides - fully sighted (you're not
> really blind - you're faking it!) or totals who may begrudge partials for
> having some sighted privilege.  But we all - totals and partials - really
> get the crap from society that decides what we can or can't do based on
> misconceptions, fear, and plain old bigotry rather than going to the
> experts - those of us with the blindness.

> The truth is that we are all blind and we all have alot of challenges
> although they may vary.  I have friends who are fully sighted, partially
> sighted, and totally blind - makes no difference to me.  I judge them on
> what kind of person they are.  Yeah, I'm a low partial - I use a guide dog.
> I used to be a high partial when I was a teenager and I rode my bike all
> over town.  I agree, we should junk the labels and just become people with
> some extra issues to be dealt with.

> Oh yeah, I don't care who takes my dog's picture.  Landon's wound up on
> people's Facebook! They all ask me first.  Landon was doing something cute
> like lie with his head up and his front legs crossed like he was royalty!  I
> saw the pix and thought they were very cute.  They didn't take my picture -
> just the dog.  The people who took the pix then asked me about guide dogs
> and I used it as a learning/teaching moment. I have some of these cute pix
> on my own Facebook timeline and i don't mind if my FB friends share them.
> Many of these friends love Landon!  LOL!  Oh, who knows how many pix get
> taken of Landon with his booties on as we march in the Pride Parade!  Maybe
> seeing Landon in booties will remind them to use booties on their own dogs
> on hot pavement.  One never knows.

> Take care,

> Lyn and Landon


> "Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like
> asking which chopstick is the fork" - Unknown
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eve Sanchez" <celticyaya at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 6:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] people taking pictures of dog or wanting to take
> pictures of your dog


>> I have no problem with my dog getting her picture taken as long as no one
>> talks to her and I am not in the picture without knowing. I may be having
>> a
>> fat day or not have my makeup on or something. My dog is not as vain. What
>> does piss me off, in a side note, is the designation between sighted and
>> totals. This always seems to come from the 'total' as they like to call
>> themselves as seems to be a type of prejudice in that they feel they are
>> more disabled or more blind than others. Sorry to vent on this, but it
>> really pisses me off and I know I am not the only one who feels this way
>> though many people will not say so. I would appreciate the terms going
>> away. Thanks for the opportunity to get my word out. Eve

>> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 1:36 PM, cheryl echevarria
>> <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
>>> wrote:


>>> Yes I am also with Lion International and the Brentwood Chamber of
>>> Commerce and other Travel Agent Organizations.
>>> But I do not let anyone come up to me and take a picture of me or Maxx.
>>> These are different situations.
>>> Have a great day to all. Bright and sunny after the Blizzard. Um isn't
>>> Nemo a fish and Captain Nemo for 20,000 leagues under the sea, I just
>>> don't
>>> know where they get the names of these storms from.
>>> Lol.

>>> Disabled Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 of NY State
>>> Leading the Way in Independent Travel!SNG Certified - Accessible Travel
>>> Advocate!Cheryl Echevarria, Ownerhttp://
>>> www.echevarriatravel.com631-456-5394reservations at echevarriatravel.comhttp://www.echevarriatravel.wordpress.com2012
>>> Norwegian Cruise Line University Advisory Board Member.
>>> Affiliated as an independent contractor with Montrose TravelCST -
>>> #1018299-10Echevarria Travel and proud member of the National Federation
>>> of
>>> the Blind will be holding a year round fundraiser for the
>>> http://www.NFBNY.org <http://www.nfbny.org/> after Hurricane Sandy and
>>> other resources. Any vacation package booked between November 6
>>> 2012-November 6, 2013 and vacation must be traveled no later than
>>> 12/30/2014 a percentage of my earnings will go to the affiliate.  Also is
>>> you book a Sandals for couples or Beaches for families and friends
>>> resorts
>>> vacation, $100.00 per booking will go to the affiliate as well.  You do
>>> not
>>> need to be a member of the NFB.org, just book through us.


>>>> From: lkeeler at comcast.net
>>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>>> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 16:22:35 -0500
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] people taking pictures of dog or wanting to take
>>> pictures of your dog

>>>> Cheryl, sometimes I do and sometimes I don't.  I have a picture of
>>>> Holly
>>> and
>>>> I with the bishop.  I also have a couple with the Knights of Columbus.
>>>  AIn
>>>> these cases, I allowed it to prove that these organizations will admit
>>> and
>>>> approve of blind folks and there service animals.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
>>>> To: "nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>; "nyagdu" <nyagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 12:05 PM
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] people taking pictures of dog or wanting to take
>>> pictures
>>>> of your dog



>>>>> Good morning everyone:
>>>>> Nelson is busy shoveling the snow outside from Nemo, Blizzard 2013.
>>>>> Anyway, while I was in Washington, D.C. this past week with some of
>>> you. I
>>>>> was talking with some members of the Utah Chapter and a woman, who
>>>>> was
>>> not
>>>>> a member of the NFB, a guest in the hotel asked me if she could take
>>>>> a
>>>>> picture of Maxx.
>>>>> I said no. She asked me why. Well first I said, "Because I do not
>>>>> want
>>> my
>>>>> dog all over social media from strangers that I do not know", she
>>> became
>>>>> quite obnoxious about it. I put it to her this way. I said are you a
>>>>> parent, she said yes. Well would you like any of your family or
>>> children
>>>>> to have there pictures taken by strangers posted all over the
>>>>> internet.
>>>>> That is not right.
>>>>> Then she got it and understood.
>>>>> Have you had the same issues. Sometime someone tells me that they
>>>>> took
>>> a
>>>>> picture of me and the dog, and I get upset, only because they didn't
>>> ask
>>>>> and the same issue. I should be the one to post pictures and videos
>>>>> of
>>> me
>>>>> and maxx if I want, but not strangers.
>>>>> Cheryl

>>>>> Disabled Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 of NY State
>>>>> Leading the Way in Independent Travel!SNG Certified - Accessible
>>>>> Travel
>>>>> Advocate!Cheryl Echevarria,
>>>>> Ownerhttp://www.echevarriatravel.com631-456-5394reservations
>>> @echevarriatravel.comhttp://www.echevarriatravel.wordpress.com2012
>>>>> Norwegian Cruise Line University Advisory Board Member.
>>>>> Affiliated as an independent contractor with Montrose TravelCST -
>>>>> #1018299-10Echevarria Travel and proud member of the National
>>> Federation
>>>>> of the Blind will be holding a year round fundraiser for the
>>>>> http://www.NFBNY.org <http://www.nfbny.org/> after Hurricane Sandy
>>> and other resources. Any
>>>>> vacation package booked between November 6 2012-November 6, 2013 and
>>>>> vacation must be traveled no later than 12/30/2014 a percentage of my
>>>>> earnings will go to the affiliate.  Also is you book a Sandals for
>>> couples
>>>>> or Beaches for families and friends resorts vacation, $100.00 per
>>> booking
>>>>> will go to the affiliate as well.  You do not need to be a member of
>>> the
>>>>> NFB.org, just book through us.

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