[nagdu] Just heard on news12 last night that Congresswoman Gabby Giffords has a dog from GDF continued
Jenine Stanley
jeninems at wowway.com
Thu Feb 14 19:29:30 UTC 2013
HI Dar,
The harness used depends on what kind of support the person needs. The
regular guide dog harness body might have a fixed handle, bolted to the body
piece at about a 45 degree angle for stability, or it might have the balance
handle, a square handle that goes over the back strap and sticks up for help
with balance or curbs or stairs. The guiding is then done via the leash.
America's VetDogs is a program within the Guide Dog Foundation that trains
guide and service dogs for veterans and active duty service members of the
Us Military and certain First Responders. If you were a veteran and came to
get a guide dog from us, your harness would have a patch for America's
VetDogs instead of the stamp for Guide dog foundation.
Our service dogs may have a combination of harness, vest and pack depending
on someone's needs. The vest and pack have the VetDogs logos on them.
Jenine Stanley
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Gabby Giffords has a dog from GDF continued
Hi there,
What does the harness look like, is it the balancing harness handle standing
up, or the longer handle as we use on our harnesses.
What reads on the center of the harness, guide dog foundation, or the name
of the other school Thanks, Would this be something nagdu would consider
having someone come talk to us at convention?
Learning more about what is happening?
Anyone not just her.
?
Original message:
> To answer both Tammy and Rebecca and give some more info:
> First, I can't elaborate on Ms. Giffords' particular dog and his
> specific training as that's confidential, as it is for all of our
graduates.
> I can explain though how guide tasks are taught to our service dogs
> and under what circumstances. All dogs taught guiding tasks are taught
> intelligent disobedience and stopping at any change in elevation. This
> means stopping at curbs. Yes, totally flat curbs are problematic, but
> they are for all guide dog handlers.
> Some of the guiding tasks we use for our handlers who are not legally
> blind
> include:
> The follow command for those people who need assistance navigating
> complicated places like airports. This involves people whose senses
> may shut down in complex environments due to over stimulation.
> "Let's Go" which is equivalent to the guide dog command "Outside" and
> is used to direct a dog to take the person outside and away from a
> distressing situation safely.
> This command is really important for people with Post Traumatic Stress
> Disorder who experience panic attacks and can sometimes become either
> immobile or run and tend to not be able to pay attention to their
> surroundings. They can give the dog the "Let's Go" command and the dog
> can smoothly guide them outside, say from a store, mall or public event.
> One handler told me that this has really changed his life. Before he
> applied to get a dog, he had stopped going into some local businesses
> because when he had a PTSD episode, he had rushed out, knocking over
> displays or people, or he had ended up prone on the floor unable to
> move. It was profoundly embarrassing. With his dog, he can simply
> issue the command, even close his eyes if he wants, and follow the dog
outside. It's elegant.
> The other type of work that resembles guide work in that it utilizes
> the dog's pull is called counter balancing. This is when the dog walks
> slightly ahead of the person to maintain positive tension on the
> harness handle. For someone like Ms. Giffords who has difficulty
> standing straight up, having the dog pull forward as she walks with him
does help her to stand straight.
> For other people, this helps them from falling to one side or the
> other and helps them move up or down stairs.
> Hope that helps everyone to understand the guiding tasks. The key
> factors though in any of these tasks are that the dog avoid obstacles
> and exercise intelligent disobedience no matter what the disability or
> degree of vision loss or difficulty.
> Jenine Stanley
> jeninems at wowway.com
> http://www.twitter.com/jeninems
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tami Jarvis
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:12 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Just heard on news12 last night that
> Congresswoman Gabby Giffords has a dog from GDF continued
> Jenine,
> Thanks for the clarification. Is America's VetDogs affiliated with GDF?
> Or is this a joint effort between two separate programs?
> Either way, it is great to see that an individual can get a dog with
> both types of training without having to go the do-it-yourself route
> for one or both. /smile/
> Tami
> On 02/14/2013 06:40 AM, Jenine Stanley wrote:
>> Actually, though Ms. Giffords is not totally blind, her vision was
>> severely affected by the shooting and her dog does do some guiding
>> tasks along with balance and other tasks.
>> He is a combination of our two types of training, what both programs,
>> Guide Dog Foundation and America's VetDogs have strived to do since
>> their beginning, serve people who need trained dogs to further their
> independence.
>> Jenine Stanley
>> jeninems at wowway.com
>> http://www.twitter.com/jeninems
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>> To: nagdu
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Just heard on news12 last night that
>> Congresswoman Gabby Giffords has a dog from GDF continued
>> Well since Congresswoman Giffords is not blind, but disabled it will
>> be a service dog, it may have also been at the time that her husband
>> did reach out, which he did, because he may have connections through
>> NASA since he is an Astronaut, to go to GDF and ask questions.
>> She may not have been 100 percent mentally when they first reached
>> out to the school, she did receive a gun shot to the head.
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>>> From: REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com
>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:50:26 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Just heard on news12 last night that
>> Congresswoman Gabby Giffords has a dog from GDF continued
>>> The line about her caretakers struck me. Sounds like this dog will
>>> be more
>> of a service dog then a guide dog.
>>> Also sounds like her husband reached out to GDF, not her which is
>> interesting.
>>> I did like the press release, it provided good information and also
>> mentioned that sometimes it isn't appropriate for a dog to always be
>> with its person. That was good to see that.
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:39 AM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Just heard on news12 last night that
>>> Congresswoman Gabby Giffords has a dog from GDF continued
>>> I think this is interesting about Gabby Giffords. I had heard on a
>> newscast on the day she spoke to Congress that she is blind. Of
>> course a service dog for her would be far more than a guide at this
>> point. I think this was a wonderful piece, and it points up just how
>> well she is
> doing.
>> That is just so amazing to me.
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