[nagdu] National Convention--my opinion

[melissa R green]

I asked the staff to show me to the grassy areas around the releif areas.
I was glad that there were three areas to take the dog.
Blessings,
Melissa Green and PJ
facebook Melissa R Green
Linkedin www.linkedin.com/in/melissagreen5674
skype: lissa5674
Goodreads Melissa Green

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tina Thomas" <judotina48kg at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Cc: <judotina48kg at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Convention--my opinion


Yes Cindy, it was wood chips, however when it rained, the chips turned in to
slush. Now, my girl would not step foot in that relief area for anything. I
ended up having to curb her.
Tina and the girls

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 2:28 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Convention--my opinion

Does the ACB charge for the dog users to have the privilege of having relief
areas. Also, there was more than one relief area, yes? I thought they used
wood chips, not sand.

Cindy

On Jul 9, 2013, at 2:55 PM, "Margo and Arrow" <margo.downey at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Hi, Danielle.  I know what you mean by the topics you raised.
>
> A C B uses a company or two whose only job is to deal with relief areas.
> I'd like for Nagdu to figure out how to do the same thing.  I
> apprecaite the work our national Center does to ensure adequate relief
> areas, but, I'd like to see a company who does this type of work do this
type of work for us.
>
> Margo and Arrow
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle A.
> Creapeau
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 3:47 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] National Convention--my opinion
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> It was awesome meeting some of you at convention last week. Valla and
> I didn't attend Monday night's NAGDU meeting because she got snapped
> at by not
> 1 but 2 dogs. I'm the first to admit that she did distract on these
> other dogs but I corrected and we were almost past them when they
> jumped out from under their handlers' chairs and tried to come at her.
> Needless to say, she was way too wound up to go anywhere after that.
> Anyway, I noticed a lot of things during the week that shocked me,
> made me think and made me very happy. First of all, I'll say that this
> was my first convention so I don't know if some of these things are
> commonplace at convention or not. I was sort of shocked by the size of
> the park area for the dogs. It was about the size of a single parking
> space and from what I understand, there were a couple hundred dogs in
> attendance. I felt that this was way too small of a space for all
> those dogs. Not to mention that it's filled with sand which gets
> pretty sludgy with waste and rain water. Valla wouldn't set foot in
> the box and I didn't blame her. As I understand it, the White Cane
> fund takes care of the park areas and I also am aware that it costs
> money to set up these relief areas. Is there anything that we as a
> division can be doing to make the area bigger or cleaner? Furthermore,
> as the week went on, I noticed a lot of accidents near the escalators
> that were just left behind for someone else to clean up. Valla had her
> accidents as well; I'm not saying that they don't happen but I thought
> we were supposed to try to clean them up and tell someone from the
> hotel staff about it. I know that these were near escalators but I
> feel like that's no excuse. If you're at the bottom of the escalator when
it happens, step aside and let people through but don't just walk away.
> That being said, I'm sure there were plenty of handlers who did stand
> by the messes and did their best to clean them up.
> I was really surprised by the amount of people who were on phones,
> eating, talking or goofing off while working their dogs too. again,
> not trying to imply that these things don't happen but it was
> frustrating when someone else was too busy doing something else while
> his or her dog distracted on other people or dogs.
> I did, however, meet a whole bunch of people who genuinely inspired me
> with the bonds they have with their dogs and the way they worked as a
> team. Valla and I just met in October of 2012 so we're still feeling
> each other out. It was just amazing to see teams that flow together so
beautifully.
> anyway, that's just my take on the week. Hope everyone's having a good
> Tuesday.
>
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
nagdu:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/margo.downey%40veri
> zon.ne
> t
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
nagdu:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/cindyray%40gmail.co
> m


_______________________________________________
nagdu mailing list
nagdu at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nagdu:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/judotina48kg%40gmail.com


_______________________________________________
nagdu mailing list
nagdu at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nagdu:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/graduate56%40juno.com