[nagdu] Wearing harnesses

[Raven Tolliver]

Yes, Mardi! I totally use leash-guiding whenever I have an arm-load of
groceries.

On 11/11/14, Howard J. Levine via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Yes leach guideing is a good thing, just do what works for you and let the
> so called good folks at school get ove it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mardi Hadfield
> via nagdu
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 2:16 AM
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Wearing harnesses
>
> Mardi hear from Arizona.I am an owner trainer and I do teach leash
> guiding.I
> did not use to teach it, but one day, coming back from the grocery store,my
> wheelchair loaded down with grocery bags, I could not reach the guide
> handle.I had no other way to get home,so I trusted Nala to get me home with
> just the leash. She did a great job of guiding me and we even had a traffic
> check. She got me out of the way of a car that did not stop at a stop
> sign.Nala had not been trained to leash guide but she did it on her own.
> Nala was one of those dogs' that was smart enough and confident enough to
> take the initiative and just do what was needed. I now train all my dogs to
> leash guide because I never know when it will be needed. I don't use it
> often but I do use it when I need to.My dogs always have a harness on when
> in public. But if my harness should break or need repairing, I know my dogs
> could still guide me with out the harness.It is MY opinion that it
> is a good thing for my dogs to know. Remember,JMHO!    Mardi and Shaman and
> Neechee.
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Raven
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