[NAGDU] active shooter training

[Danielle Sykora]

I think the best advice I can give, is to keep your dog with you, and
keep her quiet. No matter what anyone else says, I can almost
guarantee that, in any active shooter situation, you will want your
dog to be able to guide you should you need to escape.

In situations where you need to hide, simply put your dog in a down
stay next to you and keep a hand on her so she can't move around.

The only issue I can think of coming up is the noise made from the
jingling of tags. One option is to use a tag silencer. Another is to
put her tags on a ring you can easily take off if necessary, or on a
collar you can take off if you needed to escape (hopefully just in
practice situations). I personally keep my dog's tags on a flat collar
that he wears all the time. Because he also wears a headcollar and/or
correction collar when working as well, I could simply remove the flat
collar with tags if necessary.

Danielle and Thai

On 7/11/18, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> My desk is big enough for both Krokus and I to get under, and it's his
> beloved cave.  If I had to, I'd crawl under there with him, and put my hand
> on him to keep him quiet so he wouldn't scamper out to say Hi.
> What a country, where we have to practice hiding from madmen with guns.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth
> Campbell via NAGDU
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 9:25 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Cc: Elizabeth Campbell
> Subject: [NAGDU] active shooter training
>
> Hi everyone,
> As many of you know, I work for a newspaper, and we received a memo
> yesterday letting us know that we will be required to attend training on
> what to do in  an active shooter situation. This is in light of the tragedy
> at the Capital Gazette in Maryland.
> Has anyone gone through this training in a work or school situation, and
> how did you handle things with your dog? My cubicle is large enough so that
> my guide dog, Barbara has a bed with a tie down next to my desk.
> Thanks for any information.
>
> Best
>
> Liz
>
> P.S. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to come to Orlando this year, but I
> definitely plan on coming to Las Vegas.
> --
> Elizabeth Campbell
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