[nagdu] More about Bringing Our animals to the Zoo

Thu May 7 20:01:56 UTC 2015

I agree with Rox. It should be my decision whether I bring my dog to
the zoo, not someone who may not have even witnessed a service dog
working or someone who has groundless fears. I would probably bring my
dog to the zoo if I ever went. He basically ignores domestic and farm
animals and he is generally a "go with the flow" kind of dog.

Danielle and Thai

On 5/7/15, Applebutter Hill via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Marion,
> This is a great project. I think the animals are much more able to learn to
> ignore service dogs than many give them credit for. About 6 years ago, we
> were at a small sea animal park in Florida. They also had birds and did a
> regular show with parots. They asked me to leave Hunter well outside the
> little theater because the parots would freak. Since I know birds aren't
> the
> brightest, I complied and tied him someplace where a park official could
> watch him, while we went to the show. After the show, one of the officials
> told me that they had to carry the birds right past Hunter to get to the
> theater - far closer than we would have been to them inside. Long story
> short, there wasn't a problem.
> Donna & Hunter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marion Gwizdala
> via nagdu
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 10:08 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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