[Ag-eq] guide dogs

[Jody W Ianuzzi]

Hi Barb. I have low vision too. I used a cane for 30 years before getting my first guide dog 8 years ago. I can honestly say I wish I hadn't waited so long. I would never go back to using a cane. The guide not makes mobility so much better but the way people react to you is dramatic, something I hadn't anticipated. 

There are 14 schools plus owner training open to you. 

Pilot and Leader are closer to you in Michigan and Ohio. 


JODY

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!" Thomas Jefferson

On Oct 16, 2013, at 1:17 PM, barbandzoe at comcast.net wrote:

> Hi, I am Barb and I haven't been on here in a long time.  
> Sorry to see that someone is having their chickens killed, that would be heart breaking.
> 
> Why I am posting is,  I am legally blind and have a good amount of vision.  I have been told that I could maybe get a guide dog.  I am 52 and my night vision is not what it used to be.  Plus I have tripped over things and landed on my face.  My people at worked were so freaked out. 
> I have looked at the Seeing Eye school, but I am not shure if I should apply.  I want the dog to go to work with me, and to the gym, I would have someone to go on walks with, and just be there on the train and on the walk home.  I am not really afraid to walk home, but things are getting a bit rough out there.   I live in Minnesota so once it gets cold I will have to find a different way to get the dog his workout. I know that with a big dog you need to walk them almost every day.  When it gets icy I get afraid to walk myself, now I need to walk the dog.  but there are indoor options when needed.
> I do use my cane more and more mostly in the dark and in spaces I don't know, your if there are a lot of steps.
> 
> So I guess I was looking for anyone who has a dog and how they have change your life. I want to make shure that I am doing this for the right reasons and not just so I can have a great dog with me wherever I go.
> 
> Thanks
> Barb
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