[nagdu] National Convention--my opinion

Wed Jul 10 11:36:24 UTC 2013

hi, we also love our relieving harnesses and don't go anywhere without 
them. They made convention life much easier.
On 7/9/2013 7:44 PM, Rebecca Ilniski wrote:
> Hi Dar. I also have the relieving harness and love it. I think it would help a lot of people particularly if their dogs move while going number 2 making it harder to clean up.
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> Rebecca and Zeb
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> On Jul 9, 2013, at 8:58 PM, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:
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> I know when I went to the dog area one afternoon a lady was having problems finding where the dog went.
> We speak all of the time on behalf of the toileting harness.
> I am wondering if the schools taught you how to use it, if this would help many.
> I know it does me, where I don't have to worry on behalf of cleaning up after my dog.
> Then much of the problems would be solved.
> Just some thoughts.
> the staff complimented me on behalf of using this method.
> Just some thoughts.
> Original message:
>> 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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