[nagdu] blazing trails with tails.

Sun Jul 21 16:05:36 UTC 2013

Oh, let's have a getting lost party! I love those. /grin/ I have also 
found that the group adventure and then working things out together 
gives my general O&M a huge boost! I don't get stuck behind my own lack 
of imagination because I can remember how so and so deals with a 
situation and use that.

On 07/20/2013 10:29 PM, Darla Rogers wrote:
> Ah yes and a pub to drink off the frustration.
> Darla & Huck
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Larry D. Keeler
> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 11:27 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] blazing trails with tails.
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> And, you have more folks to goof off with! It takes the frustration out of
> getting disoriented!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darla Rogers" <djrogers0628 at gmail.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
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> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 11:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] blazing trails with tails.
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>> Right on, Cindy; wish some of you lived closer; there are many places
>> in the Kansas City Metro Area I have yet to explore, and if we get
>> lost there are more heads to get us found. <lol.
>> Darla & Handsome, hard-working Huck
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
>> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 9:41 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] blazing trails with tails.
>>
>> Oh, I always enjoy exploration with another person or people. Two or
>> three heads are better than one, and you don't feel so lost if you are
>> lost with a batch of people.
>>
>> CL
>>
>> On Jul 20, 2013, at 9:36 PM, "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Cindy, its also fun to get a group of folks who want to learn to get
>> around as well. Then, if you get lost it can be quite fun!
>>> ----- 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: Saturday, July 20, 2013 9:42 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] blazing trails with tails.
>>>
>>>
>>>> It isn't always an option to get sighted help. There are times when
>>>> it is
>> helpful, though, because they can more readily explain to you very
>> complicated intersections. The dog may learn it faster, too, if you
>> are able to pattern it without having to do multiple c hoice. But
>> still, the way I always learn new surroundings is start small and
>> gradually work my way to Point B from Point A. If I can get good
>> instructions, so much the better.
>> Then, after I've learned the route I am using, I branch out to
>> something else. I did have someone come and help me in Leon a little
>> when I was in Leon, Iowa, because it was a little bit country there. I
>> did not do that here, except I was having problems with a new dog I
>> got once and so I had my rehab counselor come help me with it.
>>>> Cindy
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 20, 2013, at 8:37 PM, "daniel" <gutz2020 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey guys, as yall know I'm going to be moving to a new town for
>>>>> college quite soon. While I was in training (I can't remember if it
>>>>> was an instructor or not) someone off-handedly said something like,
>>>>> always have a sighted person help you on a new route or
>>>>> something.I've always been a really independent person trying new
>>>>> routes and what not. I can understand getting some orientation help
>>>>> in a new place but for everything? How do yall feel about going new
>> places without an advanced orientation session or such?
>>>>> Do yall usually stick to a preplanned set of routes or do yall
>>>>> sometimes go new places just for the heck of it? I'm asking this
>>>>> from a dog users perspective, how does your dog react on a new
>>>>> route or a place, and especially if any of yall have moved to a new
>>>>> city or home, how did yall get used to the new surroundings?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan
>>>>>
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