[nagdu] blazing trails with tails.

Larry D. Keeler lkeeler at comcast.net
Sun Jul 21 17:09:32 UTC 2013


Oh yah! All come to Ann Arbor with you're dogs and lets cut loose! I know a 
few restraunts that would freak if 20 of us showed up or so! Some of the 
most fun I've ever had was trying to figure out where I was with a group of 
folks! Very amusing!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tami Jarvis" <tami at poodlemutt.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] blazing trails with tails.


> 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
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] blazing trails with tails.
>>
>> 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'"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 11:39 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] blazing trails with tails.
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> 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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