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[Tami Jarvis]

Christopher,

No, I wouldn't want to leave my dog behind, either. And I would feel 
safer using the dog to make my getaway. Not that active shooter 
situations are likely for me, so I'm going off pure imagination there.

Could you use an easily detachable fastener for your tags and so forth? 
Can you work your dog in a flat collar, or does he require a chain or 
prong collar. Another option would be the airport leash, which has no 
metal to make noise. Would you have time in an event to take the regular 
collar off and slip the other leash over your dog's head?

Does your harness make noise, as well? The nylon sports harness doesn't 
have a lot of metal to jangle or leather to creak.

As for keeping the dog quiet... Is he prone to vocalizing under stress? 
Or is it a worry that his nails would click on the floor or something 
like that? Guide dogs are trained to be quiet on all occasions, but not 
all of them stick to that if they're surprised or anxious. If 
vocalization is a concern, you could perhaps do some special training to 
teach him to remain silent. I was thinking of booties for the nails, but 
you won't have time in an event to fuss with that. Unless you have the 
booties on at all times. Hm...

Anyway, those are my thoughts from the top of my head based on no 
experience. It would be interesting to hear what solutions you do come 
up with and how they work.

hth,

Tami

On 07/31/2017 10:49 AM, Christopher O'meally via NAGDU wrote:
> Good afternoon everyone.  Recently, with everything going on in the
> world,  we have been doing mor and mor active shooter training drills,
> and my boss told me that I had to leave my dog at my desk while I went
> and hid or tried to escape from the building.  He thinks that it poses
> a risk to others hiding in place.  I told him that if it was such a
> big deal that I would just go into another room and shelter alone with
> my dog.  but now that I have sat down to  think about it, I have not
> actually figured out what I should do.  I don't want to leave my dog
> for dead, but how do I stop him from making noise or the things he is
> wearing EG, tags, leash, things like that to not make sounds.  I don't
> want to leave my dog for dead should someone come into my area of the
> building and start shooting, and this is a very real threat to this
> instillation.  Any advice would me amazing.
>