[nagdu] Update From VA

[Shannon Wells]

Oh, well that works. Thanks. I always wondered how I would handle that. 
Shannon
On Jul 17, 2012, at 7:07 PM, Jessica Diaz wrote:

> Hi
> My friend's husband has fake knees and doesn't really like the rides smiley.
> So he held them. He knows both of them so they were fine.
> Jess
> 
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:02 PM
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> Wow, that's pretty funny how he takes you to stairs when you say escalator.
> Smart dog. :) I'm curious, do you have someone stay with the dog while you
> ride rides at the amusement park? That is one place I never took my dog.
> Shannon Wells
> On Jul 17, 2012, at 2:47 PM, Jessica Diaz wrote:
> 
>> Hi Everyone
>> 
>> Forgive me for taking so long to write and will try to some up 
>> everything that has been going on in to one message. My move to VA 
>> back in April went smoothly. The dogs took time to adjust to each 
>> other but we got it worked out. I still am working with Saunders not 
>> to mount my hubbys dog and he is doing tons better. I started O&M and 
>> take my cane. Then a few days later I go back and work with the dog. 
>> It just works so much better for me because I must know everything 
>> around new areas that I will frequent. I feel I get that feedback 
>> better with a cane. We have taken the Metro a few times and Saunders 
>> does great. He does not like escalators and when I tell him to find it 
>> he takes me to the steps right next door. If there are no steps he 
>> will then take me a few feet in front of the escalator and stop. I 
>> think he is saying do we have to do this? In the Metro stations it is 
>> so much better to find escalators then elevators because they are 
>> centrally located. We will get better on those hopefully, though I 
>> need to remember to put on his shoes which I am bad about. I'm job 
>> searching and this last one was not in a safe area. I did not know 
>> about it until I stepped off the bus. Even though we crossed the same 
>> street a few times trying to find the building the company was in, 
>> Saunders did great and followed my instructions. He probably was 
>> thinking, mom you are totally lost. Last weekend he got his first 
>> amusement park experience in Ocean City MD. He does not like crowds 
>> and kept moving from one side of the board walk to the other trying to 
>> find a straight enough path. I was surprised about how good he was. 
>> With all those balls flying and games, I thought he would be nervous. 
>> The nervous part came on Fri. night when he saw me on a roller 
>> coaster. He began to bark and I knew it was him. I felt bad but I 
>> couldn't just jump off at 40 feet. When I got down he flew at me and I 
>> decided to let him spend the rest of the weekend in the hotel room. He 
>> loved it and was spread out on the bed on his blanket watching animal
> planet. Are anyone else's dogs sensitive? Mine hates it when I am in water
> and he cannot get to me. Also like at the park when he thinks I am in
> danger. Thanks for reading our adventures.
>> 
>> Jessica
>> 
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