NAGDU Unleashed

Preparing for Convention

🎙️🐾 NAGDU Unleashed PodcastAnnouncement 🐾🎙️ Are you preparing to attend the National Federation of the Blind NationalConvention with your guide dog? Then you won't want to miss this specialepisode of NAGDU Unleashed! Join us as we welcome a panel of experienced convention attendees and guide doghandlers who will share their best tips, tricks, and practical advice fornavigating one of the largest gatherings of blind people in the world with aservice dog by your side. 🐕‍🦺 Featured Guests: ✨Al Elia ✨Stacie Gallegos ✨Elizabeth Campbell In this informative discussion, our guests will cover topics such as: 🏨 Navigating hotels and convention facilities 🚶Managing crowded hallways and exhibit halls 🍽️Dining with your service dog during convention 💧Locating relief areas and maintaining routines 🎒Packing essentials for your service dog 🤝Handling public interactions and distractions 🎉Balancing convention activities while ensuring your dog's needs are met Whether this is your first National Convention or you're a seasoned attendeelooking for fresh ideas, this episode is packed with valuable insights to helpmake your convention experience successful and enjoyable.   🎙️ NAGDU Unleashed – Your source for guide doginformation, advocacy, and community. 🐾 Empowering guide dog users through sharedexperiences and practical knowledge.

Exercising With Your Guide Dog

We’re excited to announce this month’s episode of the NAGDU UnleashedPodcast, featuring a discussion on exercising with your guide dog! A special thank you to Donna Permar and Jackie Schiemann for volunteering tojoin us for this episode. They share valuable insights, personal experiences,and practical tips for staying active with your guide dog. While their exerciseroutines may look different from yours, we hope you’ll discover ideas andstrategies that can support you and your guide dog in your own fitness journey. Looking ahead, our June NAGDU Unleashed Podcast will focus on attending theNational Convention with your guide dog. We’ll feature a panel discussiondesigned to help you prepare for convention and ease some of the stress thatcan come with the planning process. Stay tuned for more details!

Toys and Games with our service dogs

🎙️ NAGDU Unleashed Podcast: Toys & Games with ServiceDogs 🐾 The National Association of Guide Dog Users is excited tobring you another engaging episode of NAGDU Unleashed! This time, we’refocusing on a fun and meaningful topic—toys and games for service dogs. Our guide and service dogs work incredibly hard, butplaytime is just as important for their overall well-being. In this episode,we’ll explore a variety of toys, favorite games, and creative ways handlerskeep their dogs happy, active, and mentally enriched while off duty. We’re proud to feature a wonderful panel of experiencedguide dog users: Our panelists will share their personal experiences,favorite activities, and helpful tips to make playtime both fun and rewarding. Whether you’re a guide dog user, service dog handler, orsimply interested in learning more, this is an episode you won’t want to miss!

insights, experiences, and stories, with Stacie Gallegos

🎙️ Exciting Guest on NAGDU Unleashed! We are thrilled to welcome Stacie Gallegos as a guest speakeron the latest episode of the NAGDU Unleashed podcast! Staciewill share her insights, experiences, and stories, giving listeners a uniqueperspective on guide dog partnerships and the adventures that come with them. Tune in to hear Stacie’s inspiring journey and learn more about theincredible work happening in the guide dog community. Don’t miss this engagingand informative conversation! 📧 Have questions or comments for Stacie? Sendthem to podcast@NAGDU.org [podcast@NAGDU.org]. 🎧Listen on your favorite podcast platform!

Conversation with the President

Listen to President Raul as he discusses different situations about guide dogs