[NAGDU] Day Care for Guide Dogs at Beep Baseball World Series?

[Gary]

hello Heather:

I was actually at the beep baseball world series a few years ago when it was in Rochester NY.  their guide dog day Care was great.  they had severalshelters set up in a field with  lots of water and volunteers.  I really like that we could stop on the way in the morning and drop off Bogart, my PST standard poodle.   then we would grab him on the way out.  The first day he wasn't keen on going but after that he was almost leaping out of the van when we stopped by the daycare area.  The only funny thing that happened is when I came back to. pic him up I noticed he was under his own ten with his own minder.  it looked like he was some sort of roaylit, all these labs under one tent and the poodle under the other.  of course the real truth was that he probably was annoying the other dogs or being annoying in some way but the minders said he was great.  he had the undivided attention of several volunteers which met his standards. :).  

I'm the president of Canadian Blind hockey and we too provide guide dog sitting services at all our events.  keeping the dogs away from the benches, dressing rooms etc is nice. The players can concentrate on their games and the dogs are safe.

go and have fun and don't worry about you puppy.

gary


On February 14, 2018 9:09:29 AM PST, Heather Bird via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>I am a member of our local Beep Baseball team, the Rochester Pioneers.
>I
>will be participating in the Beep Baseball World Series this year. I am
>the
>only guide dog user on the team and a team mate let me know through our
>email list specific to our team that there is doggy daycare at the
>World
>Series for guide dogs. My gut reaction was “Hell no, never happening,
>salt
>the earth, no way.” But then I took a step back and reminded myself to
>remain open-minded, to do my research and then to make an informed
>decision.
>Do any of you work guide dogs and attend the World Series?
>
> 
>
>Do they make a point of trying to get every handler to comply with
>utilizing
>the daycare?
>
>If you don’t want to use it where have you crated or leashed your dogs
>while
>participating?
>
>Who provides the care, what are their qualifications?
>
>Are all dogs housed separately to avoid any fights from unknown dogs
>interacting?
>
>Do the handlers have to provide vet records to have their dogs be
>accepted?
>
>Does it cost anything?
>
>Any information that you have to offer would be greatly appreciated.
>
> 
>
>Heather,
>
>And Ilsa,
>
> 
>
> 
>
>Heather Bird
>
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