[nagdu] Leaving our dogs in hotel rooms?

[Chasity Jackson]

Hi Susan,

I'll be in Noblesville. Not sure how far that is from there.
Thanks,
Chasity
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Leaving our dogs in hotel rooms?


> Chasity, Will you be in Indianapolis?
> I would be glad to watch her for you.
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> sblanjones11 at sbcglobal.net
> Susan & Rhoda
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Chasity Jackson
> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:10 PM
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> Subject: [nagdu] Leaving our dogs in hotel rooms?
>
> Hi. I was wondering what people's experiences have been leaving your guide
> dog in a hotel room and going totally off the premises for a while? I am
> planning to attend at least three Kid Rock concerts. One is here in St.
> Louis, so I plan to leave Hadley at home for that one. The other two are 
> in
> Indiana and in Chicago, Illinois. The two in Indiana and Illinois are back
> to back nights, so I plan to get a hotel on both nights. I am going to the
> concerts by myself for sure, but not sure if my boyfriend Chris is coming
> with me to the hotels or not. I was just wondering, in the event that I
> travel completely alone and he doesn't accompany me, do you think it is 
> okay
> to leave Hadley in a hotel room for the three or four hours that I'm gone
> for the concert? The only reason I would be worried is if hotel staff came
> in, or something, but the concerts are later in the evening, and I doubt I
> have anything to worry about, because they're around 7 or so. If I do 
> leave
> her in the hotel room, should I leave her on tie down or should I allow 
> her
> to be free in the room? As you all know, I have been following Kid Rock 
> from
> state to state as much as I can for about eight years now. But most of the
> time I go, Chris normally stays in the hotel room, or I left Vanda with my
> parents when she was my guide. I did take Vanda frequently, but Chris
> usually stayed with her, so I only really left her completely alone in the
> room once or twice. I don't want to leave Hadley with my parents since 
> she's
> a new dog, and I think giving her the travel experience on whichever mode 
> of
> transportation I choose to travel will be a good travel experience for the
> both of us. Taking her to the shows is completely out of the question,
> because I have front row seats for all of the shows and I feel that if I 
> buy
> $80 tickets for all the shows, I'm there to enjoy the show, not to watch
> everyone's every move and move her every second. The music would be way 
> too
> loud and I don't want her to get trampled by drunks either. So I was just
> wondering what your ex!
> perience
> s are. Thanks.
> Chasity who is ready to rock with her man Kid Rock!!!
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