[nagdu] Attaching the Cane to the Harness

Fri Jul 15 18:38:52 UTC 2011

I would love a large harness poutch because I have diabetic items to carry.
I take them with me all of the time.
So I would like that as well.
Just a thought.

Original message:
> I think the harness pouch is a good idea though I personally have never
> wanted to use one.
> I figure the harness is heavy enough that I don't need to burden my dog with
> more paraphernalia.
> Having said that, I know a lot of people swear by harness pouches so it
> might be just the thing for a fund raiser or something.

> Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Tina Thomas
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:18 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Attaching the Cane to the Harness

> I like the idea of  us selling a harness pouch. We could possibly design it
> so that there would be a space to attach a telescopic cane to the pouch.
> Tina

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Marion Gwizdala
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 5:07 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] Attaching the Cane to the Harness

> Gary,
>     I completely understand about not using your hands to gain information
> in a public bathroom! I don't even let my dog get too close to the urinals
> and, unless it is a very urgent situation, never use anything else! In fact,

> if you ever notice that paper towel behind the door, I dropped it there so I

> didn't need to touch the handle. Not everyone washes their hands in there,
> don't ya know!
>     Frankly, I have gotten out of the habit of carrying my white cane with
> me since I broke my telescopic one. It's a bit challenging to tote a 69"
> length of carbon fiber around! Now I have one of the new NFB carbon fiber
> telescopic canes in its nifty little carrying case and I will be able to
> return to it.
>     Since it has a carrying case, I am wondering if I could run a couple of
> zip ties through it at the seams and attach it to the handle of the harness.

> I'm going to check it out! I wonder if NFB sells the carrying cases
> separately!
>     NAGDU has entertained the possibility of selling harness pouches as a
> fund raiser, so we will keep the idea of toting the cane in mind while
> deciding upon such a thing in the future.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "GARY STEEVES" <rainshadowmusic at shaw.ca>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 4:35 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] carrying white cane

>> Hello:

>> This is slightly related to  the email I'm responding to. :) I like to
>> have a cane with me even when I have Bogart for several reasons. The
>> most notable I've come across is having to use public washrooms.
>> Really need a cane to find things rather than ones hands or feet.

>> Has anyone rigged up a way of carrying a cane on the harness? I was
>> thinking of getting a longish ID cane so it would be light and thin
>> but would serve in case of emergency. I was hoping I could fit it in
>> his harness pouch but I think even my short ID cane is too long. Has
>> anyone thought up something ingenious that they would like to share?

>> Thanks
>> Gary

>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Tami Kinney <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
>> Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:06 am
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] attachment or anxiety separation
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org

>>> Bibi,

>>> Wow. You sure have beeen through a lot recently. That alone, or so it
>>> seems to me, would make anyone more prone to anxiety in general. As
>>> would being without a white cane! I did once go for a time without a
>>> white cane after I lost my very first one somehow, so now I have a
>>> zillion canes and need to get to ordering a spare straight cane, as
>>> well as a new pocket cane, whether it's a telescoping nfb cane or a
>>> light foldup ambutech. /lol/ I trust my guide now and use her
>>> exclusively for nearly everything, but I don't want to get stuck
>>> without a dog or cane ever again! /lol/

>>> I haven't yet had to find out how I will cope with my guide's
>>> retirement, and I plan not to for another 5 or 6 years at the very
>>> least. Still... I feel very sad and get a twinge of separation
>>> anxiety just thinking about it. Heck, I get separation anxiety just
>>> leaving her at the groomers. Sad, but true. /smile/

>>> Hope your new cane arrives soon, and good on Dale for being your eyes
>>> in the meantime. My then-husband was, well, useless and also made a
>>> big deal about expressing the extent to which he just didn't know
>>> what my problem was and that I should just not go to work until a new
>>> cane arrived, but it was no hurry, there was some reason he was
>>> interfering with my attempts to acquire a new one, I can't even
>>> remember what it was. Thus, he is now the ex-husband. Argh! I did
>>> manage to get my hands on a support cane, which was better than
>>> nothing but not at all the same and it was too short, so it actually
>>> made life more difficult, especially since there was snow on the
>>> ground at the time, all nicely packed down even on the sidewalks and
>>> all icy and limpy, so... Well, having friends with brains around
>>> helped many times but I am glad you also have a cooperative , even
>>> helpful partner to assit in covering the gap. /smile/

>>> Best to you both, and to Odie as well.

>>> Tami

>>> On Tue, 2011-07-12 at 07:55 -0600, Criminal Justice Major
>>> Extraordinairewrote:
>>>> Hi, all,
>>>> Have any of you felt that big attachment toward your retired
>>> guide dog and
>>>> experienced anxiety separation?
>>>> It seems like I've been experiencing that lately and was
>>> hoping I wouldn't
>>>> be the only one.
>>>> I've found myself feeling all of that, especially when Odie is
>>> left at home.
>>>> On Saturday, Dale and I went to see a Cinderrella play live
>>> that my step
>>>> sister Sarah was in.
>>>> It was held in the theater inside the King Center on Auraria
>>> campus and
>>>> total amount of people was probably four hundred.
>>>> There was no way that Odie was probably going to handle it, so
>>> the hard
>>>> decision was to leave him at home for me at least.
>>>> While Dale and I were out with family, that's when it all hit me.
>>>> Yesterday was a different story however.
>>>> Odie was in his medical alert service dog vest walking with my
>>> husband.> I was using my support cane and walking ahead of the two
>>> men slowly and
>>>> carefully.
>>>> Odie began to move faster upon trying to bolt out in front of me.
>>>> I think he still felt that he needed to be my eyes and was
>>> concerned that I
>>>> was going to get hurt.
>>>> I'm in the process of getting a new fold up white cane through
>>> Ambutech.> unfortunately I had lost my current one, especially after
>>> the convulsive
>>>> grandmal seizures I dealt with two months in a row.
>>>> Thankfully, my husband told me he'd happily be my eyes until I
>>> can get my
>>>> replacement folding cane and be matched with a successor partner.
>>>> Bibi

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