[nagdu] Attaching the Cane to the Harness

Fri Jul 15 19:50:24 UTC 2011

So long as the pouch doesn't easily come off the harness. I put a
pouch/harness sign on my dog when we firt came home. One day though,
when I was getting her out from under the bus seat, the sign/pouch
slipped right off without me realizing. It wasn't until I was stepping
off the bus when a fellow passenger told me that I had left something
and gave me the pouch. I haven't bothered to put it back on since,
since i regularly take the bus in my commute from work.

Wayne

On 7/15/11, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:
> 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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