[nagdu] dogs and canes

[Marianne Denning]

I did a few cane dances too.  We tried to avoid them but it didn't
always work.  I think some tips and tricks for dog handlers and cane
users might make the convention experience better.  My dog was very
stressed by the end of the convention.

I want to commend all of the dogs and their handlers.  I attended the
other group's convention several years ago and almost every time we
were in a large group one dog was start barking and then others would
join in.  I did not hear one dog bark at any of the general sessions
or other meetings I attended.  Everyone give your dog an extra treat
for that.  (smile)

On 7/14/15, S L Johnson via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Eva and I hated all the canes too.  Sometimes they would walk three or four
>
> people all in a row not leaving the dog a safe path to travel.  When we were
>
> sitting in meetings the canes would hit Eva as she stayed quietly tucked
> under my chair.  The canes were horrible in the exhibit hall.  I especially
>
> got upset when the cane user would keep hitting Eva when I had told them she
>
> was there.  I can't tell you how many times she hid her head behind my legs
>
> to keep from being hit in the face by someone holding their cane too high
> off the floor.  When  using a cane in a crowded convention around guide
> dogs, the cane user should glide the cane instead of lifting it up and
> tapping it.  Eva ad I hate hate hate canes, especially the extremely long
> ones loved by so many cane users, they are a danger to the rest of us.  I
> was tripped and fell many times because of the canes.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Debby Phillips via nagdu
> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 10:39 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users ;
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Debby Phillips ; jerupert at outlook.com
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] dogs and canes
>
> Hi Jack, just seeing this.  We're home now.  Nova was a little
> freaked out by all the canes, too.  I just tried to talk softly
> to her all the time, telling her what a good girl she was, and
> encouraging her to keep walking.  Her biggest issue was other
> dogs.  She was always wanting to pull over to visit.  Who knows?
> We might have come across each other.
>
> One suggestion for next time, and I did try to do this as much as
> I could, but it was more difficult, as my husband and I were at
> the Clarion.  That is, give your dog some breaks.  Go to your
> room and just give him some down time; play with him a bit.  This
> will relax him, and you too maybe.  Sometimes we would find a
> semi quiet place to sit and just be together.  A friend of mine
> also got an extra key to her room and we would go there sometimes
> too just to give Nova a time out.  It's hard to do with a busy
> convention schedule, but I decided a long time ago that if my dog
> was stressed out, it was worth giving her time to settle down and
> relax a little.  Before I came to NFB, I was in ACB and have been
> going to conventions on and off since 1981.    Peace,    Debby
> and Nova
>
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
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