[nagdu] Restrooms

Thu Jul 4 12:59:36 UTC 2013

TSE and GDB both have public restrooms on campus, and I did use them for 
practice, though we didn't get formal training.  My TSE trainer did have a 
good suggestion though, for small stalls.  I don't remember if I did it 
before, but now I go in and get Ben to turn around and back up beside the 
toilet, which gives me room to shut the door.  I used to have the dog lie 
down, but sometimes the door was too low to close over the lying-down dog. 
And, standing beside the toilet, the dog is less likely to be lying in 
something nasty.
Tracy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] taxi transport


> :) Carol, you are the first woman I've heard want this. I'm laughing more
> then I should be right now.
> I've read that American boys and men are one of a very few who stand while
> peeing.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Osmarc
> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 7:51 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Cc: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] taxi transport
>
> May I ask what school you went to. I think training in restrooms would be
> very important.
> Carol
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 2, 2013, at 5:21 PM, GARY STEEVES <rainshadowmusic at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> 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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