[NAGDU] Keeping the dog entertained

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Cherie.
I work for a healthcare system, so I'm "essential", too.  But my whole team
is working from home.  How are you getting in, while still maintaining
"social distancing"?  When this whole thing started, I couldn't figure out
how to take the commuter bus and the subway and still stay 6 feet away from
other people.  Not to mention staying away from them at street corners.
Tracy


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B/c I work for public transit, I'm considered essential personnel. Astrid
and I go to work as usual every day using 2 different systems so she's far
from bored. 

If I were home though, we have a nice fenced back yard, my retired guide
Windy and TJ, a 10-month-old Siberian Husky pup. The 3 play together very
well. 

Astrid also loves to play ball and we can do that on our large deck. My
neighborhood is not really walk friendly-there are no sidewalks. There is a
park a couple of miles away we could go to and some trails in the area. 

Cherie 


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Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 12:15 PM
To: Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Sheila <sheila.leigland at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Keeping the dog entertained

Harold needs to play with samson more Harold isn't working now and because
our church is online these days and there is no public transportation, sam
is bored.

On 4/7/2020 9:57 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU wrote:
> I'd be interested to hear how people are keeping the dog entertained 
> in this time of lockdowns.
>
> I am working from home full-time.  Before, I was working from home 3 
> days a week, but we had 2 days of going into New York, which kept us both
sharp.
> Now, I try to take a walk every day it's not actually raining.  
> However, I keep away from the main streets, because Krokus naturally 
> has no idea about social distancing, and there are still some people 
> walking around on the main drag.  There are some on the backstreets 
> too, but I can hear them before we come up to them, so we don't get 
> too close.  It does rather limit our walks, though.  I try to go 
> around the big circle different ways, make different turns, etc, but it's
still the same big circle, and he knows it.
>
> I've also started taking Krokus into the backyard on his Flexi-leash.  
> On his own, he always eats bark and dirt, then throws it up at 3 AM.  
> On his Flexi, I can keep him away from those snacks, and he seems to 
> enjoy having a nice sniff around.
>
> And of course we have some play sessions.  But I still think he's a 
> bit bored (as are many of us.)
>
> Tracy
>
>   
>
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