[NAGDU] The full baggy blues (was RE: distracted relieving)

Miranda knownoflove at gmail.com
Sun Mar 24 18:23:03 UTC 2019


Someone recommended Turdle Bag to me, and I love them. I don’t have the website offhand, but you can always Google it.

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> On Mar 24, 2019, at 1:32 PM, Jean Menzies via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Tracy,
> 
> I love it and can relate. The island that I live on has absolutely no public garbage cans, and I have to carry the prize home to discard it. Well, we have no businesses either, so that makes sense and is okay. I do have several places where I can covertly stash a bag if I am on my way to catch the ferry to go to town. Hey, I don't want to be holding a smelly poop bag in my hand on a crowded passenger-only ferry. lol. I then pick up the bag from its hiding place on my way home and put it in our home garbage.
> 
> In town, I know of a few garbage cans, but I wish I knew more. I know they're there, but where. Ug. I think I need a song too. I'll have to think on that. But I do have a fridge magnet that says "Poop happens: Just pick it up and move on." One of the letter "o"s looks like a pile of poop.
> 
> Seriously, for those times that you have to cary a poop bag in close proximity to others, have you found a way of doing it that masks the smell a bit? I have heard of a carry bag called a Turdle bag, but I don't know how well it works and if it is more hassle than its worth.
> 
> Jean and Boomer
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Tracy Carcione via NAGDU
> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2019 6:54 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: Tracy Carcione
> Subject: [NAGDU] The full baggy blues (was RE: distracted relieving)
> 
> These are the words to my little blues song.  Like many blues songs, it's pretty simple.
> Well, I'm walking 'round Manhattan
> With a poop bag in my hand.
> Yeah I'm walking 'round Manhattan
> With a full bag in my hand.
> You know I've looked on every corner
> And I can't find a garbage can.
> 
> 
> That's it.  It's annoying in Manhattan, where there are really lots of trash cans.  It's almost impossible to find a public trashcan in the town where I live.  I can only think of 3, and they're well-spaced.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janell via NAGDU
> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2019 8:37 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: nellie at culodge.com
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] distracted relieving
> 
> Alright Tracey,
> 
> Please tell us what the words to your song are?  😊
> 
> I was just on vacation in Florida and Rosy went 5 times in one day.  I am sure it was partly due to the stress of traveling and being in a strange place, but I found myself carrying around those lovely poop bags most of my trip!
> 
> -Janell and miss poops a lot!  😊
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via NAGDU
> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2019 9:55 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users' <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] distracted relieving
> 
> Hi Jean.
> I feel your pain.  Krokus does the same trick.  Just out of curiosity, is your dog from TSE?  I begin to think pooping on route is a TSE feature, though I know dogs from other schools sometimes do, too.
> 
> I take him to relieve in front of my house, mostly.  I let him walk around along the whole strip of grass and street in the front, about 60 feet. Often, enough walking up and down will stimulate him to go.  For some reason, he is more likely to poop when my husband takes him than when I do. Maybe my husband is more patient.
> I've also found that attaching the relieving belt and the bag can stimulate him to go, too.  Maybe it bugs him, and he wants to get it off?
> At work, I walk him a block or so to a good spot, put on his bag, then let him sniff and spin until I get a result.  He used to get distracted by all the action around, but now he just needs some encouraging "park time"'s from me, and he does his thing.
> 
> If none of that works, and he starts stopping on route and saying he has to go, I try to keep him moving to a spot we've used before, just so he doesn't start thinking he can stop anywhere.  Of course, then every time we pass that spot, he thinks it's time to stop and have a sniff and a pee, so I really try to get him to go before we go.
> 
> Good luck.  For me, relieving on route is very aggravating.  I've even made up a little blues song about walking around with a full baggy, trying to find a trash can.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jean Menzies via NAGDU
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 6:01 PM
> To: NAGDU
> Cc: Jean Menzies
> Subject: [NAGDU] distracted relieving
> 
> I know there is no real answer for this other than probably likely time and possibly maturity, but here goes.
> 
> I have a new pup. I take him out for park time, and he always pees. I give him lots of time and encouragement for a poop, but often there is nothing. Then we harness up and head out, only to have him often poop in the first 200 or 300 yards of our route. His signs of needing to go on route are clear. He walks very, very slowly, stops, won’t go, pulls into the grass, etc. If I force it and try and ignore his needing to go and try to get home so that he can park at home, he will poop on the road in harness. If I take his harness off and let him go to the edge of the road, he often gets distracted by the grass and brush on the edges and starts eating crap instead of doing what he so urgently indicated he had to do.
> 
> Factors:
> 1 He is new.
> 2 He has never had a yard before, and gets distracted by the grass and new smells, so parking at home might be just distracting on its own.
> 3 We are walking on gravel roads with grass or brush along the edges. If I let him stop along the way, he gets fixated on eating crap and won’t necessarily poop. Again, all this new stuff is just amazing to eat.
> 
> I really praise him when he poops at home especially prior to a walk. I sometimes even  offer up a treat reward for a home poop.
> 
> So, any ideas on how to further encourage that poop prior to heading out? I give him lots of time and encouragement to move about. I don’t want  pooping on route to become the norm.
> 
> What are people’s reactions to this kind of situation? Obviously, it is frustrating. But do you just accept that poop happens and if he has to go, he has to go, or do you fall into another camp and try to fix this behaviour?
> 
> Thanks for any input.
> 
> Jean and Boomer
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