[nagdu] More about Bringing Our animals to the Zoo

Thu May 7 16:22:39 UTC 2015

Like I said, my friends dog pitched a fit. She did not enjoy the tigers! And speaking of places where your dog might be a bit agitated, The first time I went to the anatomy lab of University of Utah or my brother-in-law works, my guy Doug refused. To enter.

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> On May 7, 2015, at 9:56 AM, Sherry Gomes via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I have to start by saying there's nothing in the world that would make me go
> to a zoo. I went once as a child and it upset me so badly I've never wanted
> to go back. My concern about taking service dogs into the zoo, and I'd love
> to hear people's experiences with it, is not so much the zoo animals, but
> the dogs. Do the dogs get over stimulated or frightened? I remember a long
> long time ago, GDB took some dogs into the san Francisco zoo and had mixed
> reactions from the dogs. some handled it like it was nothing and some were
> over stimulated, and some were terrified. I'm curious for those who have
> done this how their dogs have reacted. Just curious, since I'll never
> willingly go to one again, dog or not. lol.
> 
> Sherry
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marion Gwizdala
> via nagdu
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 8:08 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: Marion Gwizdala
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] More about Bringing Our animals to the Zoo
> 
> Tara,
> 
>    One of the elements of this work is to teach zookeepers how to
> desensitize their animals to the presence of dogs so that disabled people
> accompanied by their service dogs will have the most optimum experience
> available. The Lowry Park zoo where we will be working this Saturday has
> already done this with most of their animals, including their big cats. The
> purpose of the grant will be to teach other zoos how this can be done and to
> employ the resources of our membership to help it happen.
> 
> Fraternally yours,
> 
> Marion Gwizdala, President
> National Association of Guide Dog Users Inc.
> National Federation of the Blind
> (813) 626-2789
> (888) 624-3841 (Hotline)
> President at nagdu.org
> http://www.nagdu.org
> 
> High expectations create unlimited potential for the blind!
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tara Briggs via
> nagdu
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 9:27 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Cc: Tara Briggs
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] More about Bringing Our animals to the Zoo
> 
> Hi all, several years ago, before I got my own guy dog, I went to the zoo
> with some blind friends. One of my friends used to guide done. When we were
> looking at the Tigers, The tiger wanted to eat my friends dog. It was
> jumping at the dog and acting very interested. There was no way the tiger
> and the dog could meet. However, the dog  was rather stressed. This incident
> has made me think that it might not be a good idea to bring my dog to the
> zoo. I would be interested in any thoughts!
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On May 6, 2015, at 5:22 PM, Applebutter Hill via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Marion,
>> I just visited the Harness Up blog, and I'm not finding any Share 
>> buttons. I use a WP posted site as well, and it's a bit tricky to 
>> enable Sharing, as it requires "Drag and Drop." In this instance, my 
>> opinion is that the feature is well worth getting sighted help to 
>> enable. I could have shared it to
>> 6,000 people on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google+ in a couple of 
>> minutes, if the Share feature had been enabled. Just a thought.
>> Blessings,
>> Donna & Hunter
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marion 
>> Gwizdala via nagdu
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 5:13 PM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'; 
>> 'Florida Association of Guide Dog Users'; New Jersey Association of 
>> Guide Dog Users; nagdu-leaders at nfbnet.org; coagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Marion Gwizdala
>> Subject: [nagdu] More about Bringing Our animals to the Zoo
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>               Many of you know that the National Association of Guide 
>> dog Users, a strong & proud division of the National Federation of the 
>> blind, along with the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA), has 
>> applied for a grant to help educate zoo staff to the presence of 
>> service animals in their facilities. This project is moving forward 
>> and I would like to invite everyone to visit our harness Up! Blog to 
>> read more about our efforts. While you are there, you may want to sign 
>> up to our RSS feeds to update you when new posts are published. To 
>> read our blog, please visit
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Harnessup.wordpress.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Fraternally yours,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Marion Gwizdala, President
>> 
>> National Association of Guide Dog Users Inc.
>> 
>> National Federation of the Blind
>> 
>> (813) 626-2789
>> 
>> (888) 624-3841 (Hotline)
>> 
>> President at nagdu.org
>> 
>> http://www.nagdu.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> High expectations create unlimited potential for the blind!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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