Good points Harvey.  I remember when, while playing with my guide, he made a 
spectacular catch on a tennis ball but crashed into the fence.  He pulled a 
muscle in a foreleg and was laid up for several days.  It was back to the 
white stick for me.  By the way, he still threw the guy out at second.  Hi.

Chuck wa8vmo

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From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 9:43 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: absolutely nothing to do with ham radio but Dayton made me 
think about it.

> Well, Dave, that's why any guide dog school worth its salt always advises
> its students to keep their cane skills up.  You never know when your dog
> might have to be hospitalized or for some other reason you have to travel
> without him or her.  And it's also good for the dog to learn that its 
> master
> returns and not to be afraid to be separated from his or her master.
> Harvey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Dave Allen
> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 5:36 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: absolutely nothing to do with ham radio but Dayton made me
> think about it.
>
> Hi!
>
> Yep, it's the classic catch 22. Environments like concerts are not healthy
> for the dog, but then without the dog, how else would you get there? I
> solved that delimma the old fashond way. Went back to a cane and no 
> regrets
> about that. Having a dog wasn't without benefits. Great chick magnet back 
> in
> my younger days, but I got over that, too, hi hi.
>
> In these parts, they seem to have trouble finding enough blind people to
> work the dogs, if some of the stuff I've seen can even make sense. I was
> once travelling with a group in Wellington and a fellow passenger was
> advising the taxi driver about navigating the city traffic quite
> efficiently, with guide dog at her feet. It's enough to make my head 
> shake.
>
> I am not unsympathetic, but trying to make sense of something that just
> won't.
>
> 73,
> Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Harvey Heagy
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 May 2015 10:06 a.m.
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: absolutely nothing to do with ham radio but Dayton made me
> think about it.
>
> When I had a guide dog, I felt it was better not to take her to things 
> like
> that and not put her in that kind of environment.  Concerts are loud, very
> noisy and could have the potential of having them develop a skittishness
> which may ruin your dog guide.  Sometimes while it may be technically be
> legal to bring them to places, it may not be in their best interest to do
> so.  The dog guide owner is the brains of the team, and you know what's at
> the other end of the trip while your dog doesn't.
> Harvey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Howard Kaufman
> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 1:03 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: absolutely nothing to do with ham radio but Dayton made me
> think about it.
>
> Now there is a reason for a cane that I never thought of.
> How do you dog owners ah handle that?
> Asking for help in the men's room is one thing, asking some stranger to 
> hold
> your ah dog?  Is quite another.