[nagdu] National Convention--my opinion

[rhonda cruz]

 hi cindy, i think acb does charge.
 but i haven't taken my dog to convention not yet, but i will.


On Jul 9, 2013, at 2:27 PM, Cindy Ray wrote:

> 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. 
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> Cindy
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> 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.
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