<html><body><font face="Helvetica">If I had the money I would get two tickets so I could have both the seats to myself . <br><br>Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App<br><br><br>------ Original Message ------<br><br>From: Marion Gwizdala via nagdu<br>To: Noah G.' 'Beckman, 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'<br>Sent: August 3, 2014 at 7:50 PM<br>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Greyhound trip with a guide dog<br><br>Noah,<br> <br> The fact that you will be traveling with a guide dog is irrelevant<br>as to your access. Some will have opinions to offer in answer to your<br>questions. My first comment is that providing advance notice is not only<br>unnecessary, it tends to create problems rather than resolve them. They<br>cannot require you to give such notice, cannot require you to sit in a<br>specific seat, or any other particular practices. I find that the best place<br>to sit on the bus is wherever your dog best fits. I do find that the seat<br>behind the driver tends to not be the best one. It seems that it is where<br>the fire extinguisher is and this actually reduces the space available for<br>the dog.<br><br> You will likely have plenty of opportunity to relieve your dog, as<br>they will have meal breaks and this will afford you the opportunity to<br>relieve yourself and your dog. How accommodating drivers are tends to be<br>inconsistent. For the most part, they are fairly accommodating; however, we<br>are currently dealing with an issue in which a blind person had an issue. If<br>you have any problems, please do not hesitate to call the NAGDU hotline at<br>888-NAGDU411 (888-624-3841).<br><br>Fraternally yours,<br>Marion Gwizdala<br><br><br> <br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Beckman, Noah G.<br>via nagdu<br>Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 7:42 PM<br>To: nagdu@nfbnet.org<br>Subject: [nagdu] Greyhound trip with a guide dog<br><br>Hello listors,<br> In a few days, I will be taking a rather lengthy trip by<br>Greyhound bus. It has been years since my last Greyhound bus trip and it<br>will be my first with a dog. Naturally, I have a few questions for listors<br>with more Greyhound experience than me.<br>Firstly, is there a certain seat location on the bus that is optimal, and<br>are there any seat locations I should avoid? How do you position your dog<br>while on the bus? Where do you relieve your dog during lay overs? Finally,<br>how accommodating and agreeable have you found drivers and other Greyhound<br>staff to be especially in regard to helping locate important things like<br>relieving areas or transfer buses? If you have any Grayhound advice, even<br>if it is unrelated to these questions, I would welcome that as well. It<br>might be helpful to know that Mia is a 50 pound lab, which makes positioning<br>her relatively easy.<br><br>Thanks a lot,<br><br>Noah<br>_______________________________________________<br>nagdu mailing list<br>nagdu@nfbnet.org<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org<br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nagdu:<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/blind411%40verizon.net<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>nagdu mailing list<br>nagdu@nfbnet.org<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org<br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nagdu:<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/barbandzoe%40comcast.net<br></font></body></html>