[nagdu] Restrooms

Carol Osmar osmarc at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jul 4 18:14:15 UTC 2013 

Tracy, It's good to hear a ladies point of view on this subject, 
lol.

I agree.  I would not want my dog to lay on the floor in a public 
restroom.  I will certainly use your method when I get my dog.  
Now, am I expecting too much to think a dog could be trained not 
to go into a dirty stall?

Carol

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 08:59:36 -0400
Subject: [nagdu] Restrooms

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'"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org
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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