[nagdu] Blown Away!

[Larry D. Keeler]

Well, no!  I didn't know you had a guide pegasus!  That poodle hair must be 
really fluffy!  Poof!!  A balloon!  I have had Holly try and take off 
straight into the air like one of Santa;s Riendeer!  But, I keep her 
grounded well!  And, when the wind is up that high, I usually leave Holly at 
home!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tami Jarvis" <tami at poodlemutt.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 4:48 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Blown Away!


> Has anyone else ever had this happen? You're going along through the snow 
> and all, then your guide dog is picked up by a gust of wind and you're 
> just holding her to the earth by the harness? Or is that just my 
> lightweight long-legged poodle?
>
> Poor kid! I could *hear* what she thought about that little blip in her 
> working day. It was *not* very ladylike. /lol/ Then she got her stubborn 
> on, hunkered down -- literally, so she was closer to the ground -- and 
> carried on like she has been doing snow and ice and wind before, well, 
> now. And she did recover her confidence enough that by the time we came 
> out, with the wind down a bit and the snow packed into beginning ice 
> packs, she considered indulging in a dog distraction in the parking lot. 
> She didn't, beyond some looking and prancing before tending to making sure 
> nobody (say, me) slipped and that no cars were sliding around. She's 
> seeming to grasp that cars are less predictable, although it's hard for me 
> to be sure. Surely she is picking up on the fact that I'm more wary!
>
> Anyway, I guess I need to rethink my winter travel philosophy around my 
> apparently aerodynamic guide dog. I'm just wondering if anyone else has 
> had the problem and if there's some strategy for dealing in case we get 
> caught out when the wind comes up. It does that suddenly around here, from 
> whichever direction it happens to come up from. I've been blown along by 
> it and picked up by it before, in previous times here, which is something 
> folks here just get used to, honestly. /lol/ It just never occurred to me 
> that the wind would do that to my dog just walking from the pickup to the 
> store!
>
> Live and learn...
>
> Tami
>
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