[nagdu] Blown Away!

[d m gina]

Now where was the vidio camera when needed?
yes this has happened here, and I just start laughing.
he gets back down on the ground and shakes his ears as though to say, 
"now why did that happen?
Glad you are ok though, my goodness.

Original message:
> 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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