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Posted on 01/02/2009 11:15:34 AM PST by JoeProBono
Guide Horses have shown great promise as a mobility option, and people who have tried Guide Horses report that the Guide Horses perform exceptionally well at keeping their person safe. These friendly horses provide an experimental alternative mobility option for blind people. People who have tried Guide Horses report that the horses demonstrate excellent judgment and are not easily distracted by crowds and people.
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animals; blind; cats; cute; dogs; guideanimals; horse; horses; kittyping; miniaturehorses; pets; workingdogs
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To: AnAmericanMother
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posted on
01/02/2009 4:34:26 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: JoeProBono
Oh, yeah, I used to breed and show Siamese cats, too.
I can easily see one of my kitties deliberately leading a blind person under low branches, into manholes, etc. just for grins.
But then there are nice kitties, too:
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posted on
01/02/2009 4:40:31 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
To: AnAmericanMother
I can easily see one of my kitties deliberately leading a blind person under low branches, into manholes, etc. just for grins This got a laugh out of my children, since they could picture our Siamese mix doing just that.
To: AnAmericanMother
44
posted on
01/02/2009 4:43:18 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: JoeProBono
To: martin_fierro
46
posted on
01/02/2009 4:46:11 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: HungarianGypsy
My big old Siamese male, Ch. Hybrasil Cormac, used to climb up onto the tops of doors in the house and lurk there very quietly. Then he would drop on the heads of unsuspecting passersby.
We had to lock him up when we had company. I think he thought he was a leopard in the forests of Africa.
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posted on
01/02/2009 4:49:35 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
To: JoeProBono
48
posted on
01/02/2009 4:56:31 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
To: AnAmericanMother
Siamese Princess
49
posted on
01/02/2009 5:01:22 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: AnAmericanMother
50
posted on
01/02/2009 5:04:54 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: JoeProBono
That can't be a Siamese - her eyes aren't crossed!
Three of my evil creatures - their eyes ARE crossed, but you can't tell because their Radio Shack laser charger is activated . . .
51
posted on
01/02/2009 5:08:38 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
To: AnAmericanMother
HaHa!
52
posted on
01/02/2009 5:33:42 PM PST
by
Minnehaha
("God is Alive - Magic is Afoot" Buffy Sainte Marie)
To: JoeProBono
53
posted on
01/02/2009 5:47:04 PM PST
by
Minnehaha
("God is Alive - Magic is Afoot" Buffy Sainte Marie)
To: Minnehaha
54
posted on
01/02/2009 6:00:35 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: Minnehaha
We are Siamese if you please . . .
We are Siamese if you don't please . . .
Now we looking over our new domicile,
If we like we stay for maybe quite awhile . . .
< sound of Chinese gong >
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posted on
01/02/2009 6:05:56 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
To: Minnehaha
56
posted on
01/02/2009 6:12:08 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: JoeProBono
Don't think a Cocker would be a very good seeing-eye dog.
Neither would my wild Field Labs -- unless the blind person wanted to be towed around everywhere like a water skier, and if God forbid the dogs should see a duck . . . .
The guide dog people get their Labs from very sedate, mellow bloodlines . . . NOT my dogs' families.
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posted on
01/02/2009 7:18:21 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
To: AnAmericanMother
"unless the blind person wanted to be towed around everywhere like a water skier"
58
posted on
01/02/2009 7:27:48 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: JoeProBono
LOL! At least it isn't a Lab!
One of my dogs leaving the scene of the crime . . .
59
posted on
01/03/2009 3:43:16 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - recess appointment))
To: potlatch
Thank you for the ping!
Those little guys are absolutely adorable! I sent the article to my little equestrian granddaughter who lives, eats and breathes horses...and will do so at least until she hits puberty. ;o)
Thank you, too, for the email. We don’t have too many stinging thingys out here, but it will come in handy when we venture south.
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posted on
01/03/2009 11:12:09 PM PST
by
dixiechick2000
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