[nagdu] Guide Dog Use at national Convention

[L Gwizdak]

Hey Larry,
What city commission are you on?  Landon has done the same thing at my 
Democratioc Party club board meeting and it surprised people at first. 
Landon is an honorary board member! LOL!

I love it when I see blind people involved in non-blind or disability stuff 
in the community.  This is a really "passive" way to educate folks on 
blindness and how we function.  People get to know us and our dogs and it is 
a good way to get rid of fear and discrimination.  It changes when people 
actually get to know us as people and see wwe really aren't that different 
from them.

Hey!  I enjoy bowling but haven't done it in a few years!  Bet your scores 
are better than mine.  All my dogs have done well at bowling alleys.

Lyn and Landon
"Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like 
asking which chopstick is the fork" - Unknown
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Use at national Convention


> Julie, Holly is just the opposite! Anytime she gets to relax, she does! I 
> volunteer on an advisory commission for the city of Ann Arbor. Well, Holly 
> was so relaxed that I began hearing little barks under the table. The 
> meetings are telievised on community tv. The folks can't see Holly because 
> she is under the table. I heard those little sleep barks and was really 
> hoping that my mike wasn't picking them up! The audience might wonder if 
> Commissioner Keeler quietly barks to himself every so often!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 7:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Use at national Convention
>
>
>>I am not attending national convention this year, but I would not take my 
>>current guide, Monty to something like a long convention.  I took my 
>>previous guide, Belle to a national convention and she was fine.  However 
>>Monty takes his job way too seriously.  He doesn't really relax and do 
>>doggie things on his off time.  Most guide dogs associate the harness with 
>>work time.  Monty does not, for him home is dog time and everywhere else 
>>is serious business.  He does fine for about three days, after that he's 
>>about ready to fall asleep standing because he's worn himself out.
>> I also do not take him on other long trips like vacations for the same 
>> reason.   He goes to the dog sitter lady's house where he gets to run and 
>> play with a group of other dogs.  I think because I'm not around and he 
>> knows the routine there he is happy, relaxed and able to be a dog.
>>
>> I've taken him to state conventions where there are a handful of other 
>> dogs and he's been great.  He does fine around crowds and canes and all 
>> the other crazy convention sorts of things.  If I lived close enough to a 
>> national convention site where I would be at home in the evenings he 
>> could totally do it.
>>
>> It really comes down to knowing your dog and yourself and figuring out 
>> what works best.  There just isn't going to be an easy, one size fits all 
>> answer, for whether or not to take your guide to a national convention.
>>
>> Julie
>>
>>
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