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-Hey, I'm not completely sure but I think there are a few schools in the states who use toilet harnesses but I'm not sure which ones. Perhaps you could ask your school? I know I would never have a dog who couldn't use one, it's such an important thing to have for me. As for if I use my cane on our walk, yes sometimes. on this particular day, I made Penny work, as she hadn’t worked for a little while. If she has worked the previous day and will be working the next day I will use my cane and let her have a sniff instead. She gets one or two walks a week out of harness.

Yes, Pen has been called "Lady Penelope" since puppy training as it was a nickname they gave her which I think suits her very well. I'm very lucky to have my beautiful boy, Zannon, he's 5 years and 6 months, I got him around this time 5 years ago, just before I got Penny. Best of luck with your videos, or recordings, it's a lot of work to make a successful TH-cam channel and I do still make mistakes, mostly with my filming, though I know that there are people who will still watch even though there is the odd bad camera angle here and there :)

I don’t care what other people think, if using my cane when I’m using my Guide dog helps me feel more confident and secure then I’m gonna do it, no matter what. I’m glad you also find this useful. It’s important to feel confident and safe when you’re using your dog to avoid any Unnecessary tension travelling down the harness to the dog.

Haha love that. If you have any more, feel free to ask and I’ll do another question and answer at some point.

Yep, some really great ones this time 😊

Apparently, there is a website that you can get some Australian food staples from in the United Kingdom and Vegemite is one of those but it’s quite expensive.

Yep, it’s pretty strong. Sometimes, awkward blind girl moment and I get too much, this day I did pretty well though.

Yes, very happy. I was happy in my place in Mildura of course but it's different here somehow, being back in my home town.

Yes, not too bad thanks. Mum is currently on holiday in Canada and I've got a chest infection, like I said in the pinned comment, but I'm on meds which are slowly starting to work now which is good. How are you?

Yes, I love hearing about people's experiences in other countries too. I've always wanted to go to the US and find out what it's like, I love hearing stories about it from those of you who are over there.

Yes, I have another friend from England who has the same opinion about the toilet harness. I think they're a great thing to have and I would not have a dog who didn't use one. It was nice to be able to make a new video for you all, I'm hoping to be able to start putting more videos up more regularly now.

You're welcome, it was fun putting this one together.

Hi Lauren, thank you for your lovely comment. I hope your new dog works out well for you and that you have many years of adventures together. If you have any questions let me know. I am glad you enjoy my content and I look forward to your comments in coming videos. Once again, best of luck with your Penny :)

Hi Philip, yes, I have figured this trick out since I did this video, this video is several years old now.

@@melStephens1994 I would like to share my horse videos with you as well as a totally blind person. I don’t own horses but I’m currently doing horse therapy at the moment and I’ve created videos every week.

This particular job was supporting a student with low vision to access his school curriculum and helping the teachers manage changes required to assist the student.

Hi there ☺️ what a lovely city Perth is.

a lot of the time I just listen but have my bible app ready to go to look up verces. I can also do a bible study through my phone app, which is pretty cool. When I was doing Youth Group at my church growing up, they emailed me the information for that day's study and I would take it along on my BrailleNote so I had the same handout as the others.

Hi Josh, I'm not really sure how to explain this to you. You will probably be best off attempting a proper cane technique with your left hand, if this is not your dominant hand, before you lead the horse. When leading a horse, as I explained in this video, you will have the lead rope in your right hand, about a foot away from where it attaches to the head collar. You will not be able to use the cane in your right hand because this is the hand with which you guide the horse on where to go. In the left hand you will have the excess lead rope which will mean that you can hold your cane in this hand without any effects on the horse. You will need to try out different ways of holding the rope and your cane together but any way is okay as long as you can still use your cane effectively and as long as you do not wrap the rope around your hand as this can cause injury to your hand if the horse pulls. Also, I would suggest that the instructor watches carefully the reaction of the horse to your cane to make sure it is not worried about the cane. I shouldn't think the horse will have any problem with the cane, if it is a lesson horse, but you will be swinging a white stick around in front of the horse which some of them don't like. I hope that helps and good luck :)

@@melStephens1994 It may be best for me to lead the horse with my cane folded up in my pocket, and maybe have a sided person direct me or perhaps, let the horse guide me somewhat? maybe it can at least guide me enough so I don't run into anything.

Hi again Josh, sorry I only just saw this reply. I would not advise not using your cane unless you are partially sighted and/or know the environment well. Also, do not expect the horse to guide you as it is not trained as a guide dog. Use your cane or a human guide if you cannot use the cane.

@@melStephens1994 ok

Thank you, you too. Thanks for staying with me for all these years. I’m looking forward to bringing out some new exciting content in 2024

Thank you can’t wait to bring out some new content this year

No, none that I know of. It would be interesting to see how they would be received by the public here.

Could you start a guide horse organization in Australia?

Could you train a guide horse like Panda?

I don’t know if it would be really that popular here. Dogs are the more accepted animals

it's not popular here either, not at all. I am fighting an uphill battle to get one myself. i'm in the United States and Pennsylvania.

It sure was. Hope you enjoy it

@@melStephens1994 Mel’s bindife day kellee. Pryor. 40 Perth. -wA

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Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it

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My friend, Rachel and I had a fantastic time! It was her first Cruise and I think she had a really enjoyable one. Can’t wait to do my next one.

Hi, it’s so wonderful to hear from you hope you enjoy the content

Thanks for watching!

Thank you, it was a really good trip and a fantastic show! I suppose, I have a lot of confidence because I’ve got a lot of really good training behind me, and because most of the places I was travelling I have been to before. I did make mistakes, crossing roads Straight when you are completely blind is a problem LOL, but I manage pretty well. Yes, he was a very good and helpful conductor at the end there, a lot of them are pretty good but unfortunately sometimes you do get the occasional one who isn’t quite so helpful. Must also point out, it was 1 o’clock in the morning when I got off that train, so it was a little bit spooky!

Hi there, I don't know of a particular app through which you can do this. However, to make VoiceOver read word by word use the voter until it says "words" and then find the sentence you'd like to hear and flick down with one finger to hear each individual word. I hope that makes sense.

I currently use YouVersion, but I am looking for an app that has a concordance with it as well. Do you recommend an app with a concordance? I downloaded the blue letter Bible, but I’m not sure how to switch VoiceOver into word mode to be able to select a word that I would like to look up in the concordance. Can you help with this?

Lol my dad’s

No, I don’t think so. Hope you enjoyed the video.

Thank you, that is really good to know and some awesome information! I’m glad to hear that some schools over there have adopted the toilet, or relieving harness. I hope you and the puppy are well.

Thank you for watching the video, it is lovely to hear that a friend of Rachel’s from England has enjoyed the video, we had a lot of fun! Yes, sometimes, when you are learning Braille at school amongst cited peers, it can be very overwhelming and upsetting