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

d m gina dmgina at samobile.net
Thu Feb 14 02:11:36 UTC 2013 

yes we had a lady who was in the parade with her dog.
She didn't want anyone else to come.
Especially with a dog.
She was a lion.
So we have friends who are lions where we could set it up.
I will ask early so we can get it started.
Original message:
> Hi Dar,
> To be in a parade, one must be associated with a group who is in the parade.
> I march in our LGBT Pride parade with a group I belong to - actually, I'd
> have to split myself in twos or threes to march in all the groups I belong
> to that are contingents in the parade! LOL!  Landon and I are also in our
> neighborhoood Christmas Toyland Parade as part of our contingent from our
> Blind Community Center.  We have our Center's bus in it with the people who
> can't walk but several of our members with guide dogs do walk in the parade.
> We decorate our dogs in holiday collars.  Landon has learned how to walk in
> the street in a parade from the many street demonstrations we've been in
> over the years!  He has to teach the other guide dogs who NEVER walk in the
> street except for making street crossings. LOL!  We do have sighted help in
> helping us to keep in our contingent, tell us when to stop, turn, and to go
> after we stop to let the contingents to maintain proper spacing that keeps
> the parade moving smoothly along.  Some people just go sighted guide and
> heel their dogs.

> For you, join a group that marches in your holiday parade and maybe you can
> march or be on a float in it.  It's alot of fun and people enjoy seeing
> guide and other service dogs in parades.  Remember that street pavement is
> usually hotter than regular sidewalks.  Streets are blacktop which sucks in
> the heat and most sidewalks are white concrete which repells some of the
> heat - depends on time of year and location.

> For me to determine when I need to put Landon's booties on, I will place my
> palm flat on the street.  If I go, "Yow!" and pull my hand off in only
> seconds, it is bootie time!  If I can keep my hand there as long as I want
> to keep it there without discomfort, well, Landon can go barefoot.  People
> want to take Landon's picture in his booties is mainly because most people
> never give a hot pavement a thought when they briong their dogs out in
> parades - this happens in the Pride parade and street fairs because these
> are held in the middle of our summer heat with the strongest sunshine.
> Countless people have come up to me to thank me for putting booties on my
> dog and they tell me about the poor dogs who has less than attentive owners.
> Those dogs are picking up each foot over and over because their pads are
> burning on the blacktop!  Poor doggies!

> 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: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 2:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] people taking pictures of dog or wanting to take
> pictures of your dog


>> 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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