[nagdu] Thank you for your replies

[Marsha Drenth]

Consuelo, 
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Marsha drenth, NAGDU List Moderator 
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On May 23, 2013, at 5:46 PM, "consuelo johnson" <consuelo.johnson050 at gmail.com> wrote:

> You said that you play gold ball is there a baseball team in Memphis, tn for
> blind adults?   consuelo
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jimmy
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:51 PM
> To: National Association of Guide Dog Users Gwizdala
> Subject: [nagdu] Thank you for your replies
> 
> Greetings!
>    Thank you everyone for your thoughts on whether to bring my guide to
> national. I appreciated Julie's reasoning as well. Your thoughts were very
> balanced and vvery informative. Thank you. I have been going back and forth
> with the idea to bring Shep. He does a great job. I think I would have the
> hardest time missing him by him not being with me at convention. Thank you
> everyone again  for all the suggestions.
>    Here is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> question for everyone:
>    Shep, a german Shepherd, has one weakness-that is playing ball.  It
> seems that this is a shepherd characteristic.  I am a member of the
> Tennessee goal ball  men's team. The problem is when we practice on
> Saturdays,we do so in a gym. I find Shep a spot in the bleachers in the gym
> to chill. He is good until I go onto the floor and he sees the ball going
> back and forth. it is like  torture for him. He wants to play so bad. Shep
> tends to wine and make noise, which is a big no no when playing gaol ball.
> I have tried bringing him a bone to preoccupy him- that works  for a short
> time. I have taken him out of the gym into another room, which I hae doing.
>> He can no longer see what's going on, but he stillknows and he doesn't
> want to be isolated. So he cries. Does anyone have any thoughts or
> suggestions in what I may can implement in training, clicker training, or
> other actions ? Like I said, he is awesome and this is his only weakness-his
> kryptonite. 
> Best wishes,
> Jimmy
> Kustom Cane
> www.Kustomcane.com
> 901-483-1515
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