[nagdu] taxi transport

[GARY STEEVES]

Hi:

My school didn't teach getting into taxis or cars which annoyed me. (a total aside but they never tought public washrooms which would have been useful too)

Usually what I do is once the cab pulls up I take off Bogarts harness, I get in the passenger side. While holding the door open I scoot over to the middle and call bogart in. He comes in and lies on the floor. I check his tail and then close the door. Once he is in I slide over to sit behind the driver. I too have to make sure bogarts long nose doest head to the driver. I would never let bogart on the seat of a taxi. I'm like others that believe seats are for people and the floor is for the dog. I usually get the driver to move the passenger seat up. If I'm with somone else then either the other person sits in the front or I sit on the rear passenger side with the seat forward and put in one foot, call bogart in and then the other foot while he and I try to sort out floor space in a polite cooperative manner. :)

If I let Bogart enter a vehicle before me he assumes it is off work and jumps up onto the seat. If I go first then he never jumps on the seat. I sadly learned this when visiting my  girlfriends parents at christmas. We had just walked through slush and snow to get to the car. I opened the door and asked bogart to get in and he promptly, to my horror, jumped up on the nice clean seats!! 

So there probably isn't a totally right or wrong way but I'd have to say that, in my opinion, a guide dog should never be on the seat of a  cab for a wide range of obvious reasons.

Cheers
Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:05:10 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Re: [nagdu] taxi transport

I get into the cab, leaving my feet outside, then I call the dog in. He stays on the floor. If they need to, I get the driver to move up the passenger seat. Some drivers won't allow any passengers to sit in the front. I govern the dog's face because he wants to stick it up toward the console to see whasup. Sometimes, he tries to check out if there is a sandwich up there or sniff the driver. I make him turn back and lay his head down on the floor or put his chin on the seat. I always get in on the passenger's side of the cab. I don't know why this is.


On Jun 28, 2013, at 12:34 PM, "Daniel" <daniel.sweeney1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> 
> 
> Just a quick question, I have never used a taxi, but would like to with this
> hot weather (on occasion).
> 
> I am not sure how to put my girl in.  Should I get in, put my feet over
> behind the driver and then have the girl hop up to the floor behind the
> passenger seat?
> 
> Since I have never been in a taxi, I am not sure how much foot room there is
> in the back seat. When I ride with friends, she rides on the floorboard in
> front of me in the front passenger seat.
> 
> We did not cover this when I was at school, I guess because I didn't think
> it was important at the time, my bad.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> 
> Daniel and Cass
> 
> Lakewood, Colorado
> 
> 
> 
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