[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fwd: Fw: Guide horse travels on cruise ship
- From: "Gail The U. S. Male" <gail1959@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 00:00:41 -0600
Hi Cincy, as a matter of fact, I do. The lady I know from another list is
good friends with the author of the book identified near the bottom of your
message. The Horse's Name is Panda, and the lady's name is ann. I'm also
curious about these horses, having handled four, and now owner training my
fifth dog. I think it might be neat, after this dog, to maybe look into
guide horses. I'd love to read the book they're talking about! sounds quite
interesting.
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-My friend who wishes to remain anonymous sent this to
me and I found it very interesting. I remember the
subject of guide horses came up once before -- I think
I asked about it for some reason and was told about
them. Does anyone on the list actually know anyone who
uses a guide horse instead of dog, or use one
yourself?
CIndy
>
>
> Guide Horse News
> Wednesday, July 06, 2005
>
> Guide horse travels on cruise ship
>
> By Janet Burleson
>
> Chris Spencer, husband of Cheryl Spencer, an
> owner-trained guide horse has
> reported that they completed a sea voyage with
> Confetti, the world's first
> owner-trained miniature horse guide. Here are
> excerpts from his report:
>
> Saturday evening, May 7, 2005, JBR Princess Confetti
> made Guide Horse
> History by being the first to go to sea on a
> commercial passenger vessel,
> SunCruz IV. At first the captain said no, she could
> not sail on his ship.
>
> We were very reluctantly allowed to board. We went
> immediately to the third
> deck where the band and buffet were. We were greeted
> with "Look at the
> little horse!" What happened next really blew our
> minds! A young man came
> over to us and said "Were you the ones who spoke
> with three State Troopers
> in the St. Johns County Rest area on I-95 about 2
> years ago?"
>
> I replied in the affirmative and he said "I was one
> of those Troopers, and
> the other two are here also! I thought it was the
> same horse, but I wasn't
> sure so I had to ask. What a coincidence!" We
> chatted for a few minutes
> about the changes that have happened since then and
> he mentioned having seen
> the Public Service Announcement on TV, and about all
> the signs in the state
> being changed because of Confetti.
>
> Once underway we were summoned to the bridge to
> speak with the captain in
> person. The captain had some reservations regarding
> her sailing on his
> ship - mainly the length of the cruise - 5 1/2 hours
> - and having no
> facilities for relieving an animal. When we
> explained that she was trained
> to relieve into the shopping bags and demonstrated
> how they were attached,
> he felt a little better but obviously still had some
> reservations. He asked
> if he could have a picture of Confetti to email to
> his boss. Of course we
> were more than happy to comply. (I have included it
> in this message)
>
> About 2 hours later, Confetti asked to relieve
> herself, so we took her into
> the restroom (she's such a little lady, she wants
> her privacy when she
> goes!) When she finished, I took off the bag, tied
> it off and put it into
> another bag to make sure all of the odor was
> contained. We then exited the
> restroom and who was on the other side of the door
> but the captain! I was
> carrying the bag of poo in my hand and he said, "Now
> I believe!" He went
> into the rest room (which happened to be just off
> the door to the bridge)
> and I never looked back.
>
> I don't know whether he went in to check it out or
> if he really needed to
> use it himself, but whatever the case, he found no
> mess from our girl!
> Shortly after that one of the girl hands came over
> and asked if we would
> like a "Players Club" card with Confetti's name on
> it as a souvenir of her
> voyage, and of course we said yes! She asked what
> name to put on it and I
> gave her both of Confetti's names, JBR Princess
> Confetti and Confetti
> Spencer. She asked if she could have a picture of
> Confetti, and I suggested
> I take the picture and she be in it with her. She
> was thrilled!
>
> About an hour later Confetti asked to relieve again,
> so once again we took
> her into the restroom and this time she peed into
> her bag, which I emptied
> into the toilet. No muss, no fuss. Shortly after
> that we were presented with
> 2 "Player's Club" cards, one in the name JBR
> Princess Confetti and the other
> in the name Confetti Spencer!
>
> Then another hand approached us and passed me a
> business card with the
> captain's email address on it and the hand asked me
> to email it to the
> captain. I told him I would as soon as we got home.
> He said that I could do
> it right from the ship. So we went to the V.I.P.
> lounge where the computer
> was, they copied the pictures from my camera and
> printed an 8x10 of the
> picture of the bridge for the captain as well as
> emailing it. They then gave Cheryl and I "Player's
> Club" cards and told us
> that these would allow us free passage on any Sun
> Cruz ship any time we
> wanted to sail! How's that for acceptance?
>
> Toward the end of the cruise an announcement was
> made that the elevator
> would be turned off 20 minutes before docking and
> would not be turned on
> again until a half hour after docking, so we decided
> to go down to the first
> deck so we could get off fairly early.
>
> We hung out in the V.I.P. lounge while waiting to
> dock and we were told that
> this was one of the most enjoyable cruises in a
> really long time, probably
> due to Confetti's presence on board. She put
> everyone she came in contact
> with in a really good mood. What a compliment!
> Shortly before we docked, a
> hand came to us and escorted us to the exit so we
> would be the first
> passengers to disembark. What treatment! They made
> us feel very, very
> special. Seems our little Princess got the "Royal"
> treatment that night!
>
> She is an excellent guide even in tight places and
> large crowds. The slot
> machines gave her a bit of a start at first, but we
> gave her some carrots
> and let her look at them and she was fine after
> that. There were about 600
> people on that boat, and I'm fairly certain that
> every one of them at least
> saw her, and a lot of them asked if they could touch
> her. She tolerated all
> of the oohing and ahhing and the touching very well.
> She amazes me at how
> well she deals with crowds. "No big deal!"
>
> **************
>
> Get the Book!
>
> Helping Hooves
>
> The Guide Horse Foundation Training Program to Train
> Miniature Horses as
> Guide Animals for the Blind
>
> Janet Burleson
> ISBN
> Retail Price $27.95
>
> Order this book now and get 20% off the retail
> price!
>
> Only $19.95
>
> Order Now!
>
> Read the compelling story of the first miniature
> horse trained to work as a
> guide horse. Learn the exciting methods used to
> prepare the tiny horses to
> perform these amazing services.
>
> A portion of the proceeds from sales will benefit
> the Guide Horse
> Foundation.
>
> Quotes:
>
> * Janet Burleson is one of the world's
> pioneering horse trainers -
> Practical Horseman Magazine
>
> * Seeing is believing - USA Today
>
> * Janet and Don Burleson are . . . Angels -
> People Magazine
>
> * How wonderful that Janet and Don Burleson
> have initiated this
> valuable experimental program teaming miniature
> horses with blind people -
> Newsweek
>
> * Miniature ponies are leading the way for the
> blind - ABC News
>
> * Guide Horses . . . are as small and
> disciplined as Guide Dogs - TIME
> Magazine
>
> * Extraordinary - ABC 20/20
>
> * It is often the little things that win our
> hearts and minds - ABC
> News
>
> * The Burleson's are . . . using horse sense to
> Guide - Boston Globe
>
> * Twinkie proved that miniature horses could
> fill the role, and fill it
> well - VetCentric Magazine
>
> * An Intriguing Program - Discovery Channel
>
>
> http://www.guidehorse.com/
>
>
>
>
>
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