[nagdu] Restrooms

Fri Jul 5 12:11:20 UTC 2013

Hi Carol.
I think Ben would not go into a stall that had a puddle on the floor.  He 
doesn't care to get his feet wet, if he can help it. Other than that, I'm on 
my own. Canine and human ideas of hygiene are quite different! :.)
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol Osmar" <osmarc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Restrooms

> 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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