[blparent] New guide Dog.

[Briley O'Connor]

I appreciate that this question was asked and everyone’s insights. I, too, am a guide dog user and he’s likely going to retire in the next 2 years. I love using a dog but wasn’t sure how people handled baby and a new dog. I imagined though it would be a challenge and see the wisdom in waiting a few years. 

Briley
On Oct 19, 2014, at 4:46 PM, Judy Jones via blparent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Very good insight.

I have had four guide dogs, and all during our kids growing years.  The intensity in  changes in bringing New Dog home and everyone getting acclimated are not unlike thos faced by bringing a new baby home.  Both take time, forethought and planning.  To be able to accurately answer this question, it would be helpful to kknow what is driving this train.

Judy


-----Original Message----- From: Star Gazer via blparent
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 2:37 PM
To: 'Kaila Allen' ; 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] New guide Dog.

What exactly are you thinking about?
I've used two dogs and I use a cane now. There are pros and cons and you
need to be aware of them.
It's my belief and experience that the guide dog model is a very masculine
model. It doesn't account for the demands of pregnancy, newborns and young
children. You can work around this, just as you can work around anything.
You'll have to decide if that's what you want, what impact it will have on
your family and if that's how you and your family want to spend time money
and energy.
I've told many people that having a new baby is way easier then adjusting to
a guide dog. People "get" babies even if they differ on the best way to
handle them. Very few people "get" guide dogs. They expect perfection and
that expectation is based on them and what they think they know and has very
little to do with reality.


-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaila Allen
via blparent
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 7:51 PM
To: Shelby Young; Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] New guide Dog.

I have been thinking about getting a guy dog can you guys give me a couple
of the pros and cons to having a guy dog with children my kids are four and
six thank you guys

Princess Kaila
The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not
expect to sit Nelson G Henderson


> On Sep 10, 2014, at 4:39 PM, Shelby Young via blparent
<blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good luck with your next dog! It is so nice having her.
> Shelby
> 
> 
>> On Sep 10, 2014, at 3:53 PM, Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Good luck and happy travels.  I leave Sunday for GDB in Oregon, where I
will train with my third guide dog.  I have a six-year-old who isn't looking
forward to my leaving, but she can't wait to meet my new guide dog when I
return.
>> 
>> Jo Elizabeth
>> 
>> Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you
may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
>> -----Original Message----- From: Shelby Young via blparent
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:14 PM
>> To: Blind
>> Subject: [blparent] New guide Dog.
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> I recently returned from Leader Dogs for the Blind with my first dog. Her
name is Jackie and she is a 17 month old black lab golden cross.
>> Things are going pretty well. Jackie and Jaxcen already love each other.
Jaxcen is two years old and thinks she should play with whatever he has. :)
>> Right now I put him in my Ergo on my back and we go. If any of you have
different siggestions of how to travel with a toddler and a guide dog please
let me know.
>> Best regards
>> Shelby
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