Holy crap! That is one big dog and guiding you? That size you might as well just ride the bugger. Man I can only imagine the harness that had to be made to fit that monster. No wonder he can reach and gee, I'll be very interested in how you resolved. THis. I guess my techniques would never work for a dog that size. grin On Dec 3, 2009, at 5:29 PM, Jewel wrote:
> Tom! I train my own guides and have done so since 1960. My new bloke is a > mastiff so that will > give you some idea how big he is. > I cast my mind back 11 years to when Guido who I retired last weekend was the > same age as Buddy is > now: 13 and a half months: and I reckon that Buddy is even better. He is > going to be, given a bit > more experience and age, a fantastic guide. > This struggle I am having with his helping himself to things on the kitchen > counter or on the table > is render that much more of a battle because I am having to prove that I am > smarter than he is. I > am * almost sure that I am, but he is not going to be defeated without very > definite proof of that, > and, to date, I have not presented that proof! > > Jewel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Fowle" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 11:01 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Inventors ahoy! > > Jewel, > Yeah considering the size of some of the guide dogs I've seen recently I'm > not surprised about Buddy's reach. > > One advantage, i think, of the babby monitor idea is that > the correction comes from you, the boss lady, where corrections should > come from, not from some unknown noise maker. but the system made for pets > might be good if it's not too expensive. > > Tom Fowle > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [email protected] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The > Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more > information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank > message to: > [email protected]! Groups Links > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 4658 (20091203) > __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
