[nagdu] let's get sweaty!

[Star Gazer]

I love saunas, I love the steam kind, the steamier the better. 
I'd find people at the gym that you trust and have them watch your dog. Very
likely there's someone at reception that would be happy to do this. 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tami Jarvis
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 12:16 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] let's get sweaty!

Dan,

I think a lot depends on how much you trust the folks who would be watching
your dog to follow your instructions. While you're in the sauna, you won't
really be able to hear much if anything of what is going on outside where
your dog is, and you wouldn't be able to respond quickly even if you did. So
if it were me, I would want to be really sure of whoever was around the dog
during that time.

My acupuncturist has an infrared sauna I want to get back to using, so I
kinda went through the same considerations. She is okay with having Mitzi
around while I'm cooking, and I would trust her with the dog. But I decided
I would just leave the poodle home when I'm going to use the sauna, since I
do that in winter and have a ride to my appointments. 
There's not really a good place to put her out of the flow, and she would be
unattended much of the time. I don't think there would be a problem with
that, but if she decided to be a nuisance or something, I wouldn't be able
to deal with it. I do the sauna in winter, where working the dog up there
just for the walk isn't too tempting. /lol/ If I have a sauna appointment on
one of our rare nice winter days, I may consider taking advantage of it for
the working walk with Mitzi and leave her on tie-down.

But that's a different situation than the gym, so I'm not suggesting you
make the same decision. Just kinda thinking through my considerations.

Have fun sweating it out!
No treats is a good rule of thumb. I'd make sure your dog is near the person
watching him/her on-leash or close by. 
You can also leave your dog home if that's easier. The dog is there to meet
your needs, not the other way around. 


Tami



On 10/15/2013 03:15 PM, Daniel Gutz wrote:
> Hey guys! Recently I've been looking at gyms to start working out at.
> In most of them they have sanas, something which, I would really 
> enjoy. The problem with this is of course, I'm not going to bring my 
> dog in a sana. I've already talked to the workers at the gym about my 
> dog being with me while I'm in either classes or using the equipment.
> We've worked that out but now my question is...what should I do about 
> the sana? The workers said they'd be happy to watch her if I needed 
> them too, I have thaught about not bringing Irene with me to the gym 
> but I feel bad for leaving her home alone then, I just don't know what 
> to do...should I just skip the sana?
> thanks,
> Dan
>
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