[nagdu] National Convention--my opinion

Wed Jul 10 05:39:06 UTC 2013

cindy and others,

No offense was meant or any negativity towards anyone so I hope it
wasn't taken that way. rebecca and Darla, how does the relieving
harness work and where did you get it? tina, I have never learned to
curb a dog. How do you do that?

Danielle

On 7/9/13, melissa R green <graduate56 at juno.com> wrote:
> the trash can was very hard to find as well.
>
> Good thing that other users and the staff helped me out quite a few times.
>
> Blessings,
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JULIE PHILLIPSON" <jbrew48 at verizon.net>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 5:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Convention--my opinion
>
>
> No my dog would not use it once the rain flooded it, but before that he
> did.  We had to go for a walk and find someplace else for him to go the
> second day because he would not go number 2 there.  He went on the pavement
> for the first time ever because the box got so disgusting he would not use
> it.  After that he did O K.  I was very concerned when I went out one
> morning and was told by some guy may be a UPS volunteer, to go to the right
> out the door.  I was looking for a box off the curb I didn't know there was
> a sign there saying dog relief area.  I could not clean up there because
> the grass was so long.  I agree we need to find another way to handle it
> and try to make everyone more responsible.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tina Thomas
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 6:04 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: judotina48kg at gmail.com
> 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.
>>
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