[Faith-talk] I need prayer about the fact I had to give up my retired guide dog

[tina birenbaum]

 if you've not picked one up in years though even to check the mail, 
take out trash , go out for the evening, whatever, i could see how 
going right back to that cane  could be hard. and if the retirement or 
loss is sudden, that makes it harder, the emotions along with the 
traveling. it can take a while to readjust  from one to the other. you 
don;t just flip a switch in your head at least i know very few people 
who do that.Yes. the schools do ask that you have good cane skills 
ideally you would but, i've known people who don't for whatever reason.
Original message:
> i thought you had to have excellent cane travel skills to get a dog, all of
> us who do not have dogs use our canes very effectively every day. jeanette
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "don nepple" <dnepple at hotmail.com>
> To: <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 6:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] I need prayer about the fact I had to give up my
> retired guide dog



>> hi their is nonthing rong with a cane it is a toal just like a dog.if you
>> learn to use it rite it will give you enoght in formashin on the street i
>> use on every day.you might think about this if you can not learn to love
>> your cane then maby you should not have goten a god.i have lots of nfb
>> frends that can use their gods and allso thay can do just has well.so down
>> put down cane users.read stuff frum the nfbread mor on canes and gods and
>> allso think that mostons god gides users wher good cane users be for thay
>> got a dog. this might help you to learn to like the cane it does work.ask
>> sum others on this list.your frend frum idaho.don nepple.


>>> From: jlperdue3 at gmail.com
>>> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:56:02 -0500
>>> To: faith-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] I need prayer about the fact I had to give up
>>> my retired guide dog

>>> thanks, I'm not sure I will get another guide even though I applied for
>>> one at another school.

>>> They were supposed to send me a medical release via email early in the
>>> week to sign and email back. It hasn't come and maybe it's Heavenly
>>> Father's way of saying I don't need another dog.

>>> My life isn't really active enough for one and my personal assistant
>>> takes me almost everywhere I go.

>>> As far as the cane travel goes. I want to break it in half and scream
>>> every time I take it and leave the house. I hate it beyond belief and I
>>> don't think it gives enough information about my surroundings for me to
>>> consider it a safe method of travel, which is why I got a dog in the
>>> first place.

>>> I guess I will just let the dog thing go for now and swallow the feelings
>>> of bitterness and hate for the cane every time I pick it up to travel.

>>> Jenny
>>> On Apr 15, 2012, at 6:45 PM, tina birenbaum wrote:

>>>> I am so sorry! feel your pain! i retried my third guide last year and
>>>> don't plan to get anymore myself but still follow my school just to
>>>> keep up on what they do and still support them for other users, hbubut,
>>>> be kind to yourself, i found people in my church very supportive i
>>>> know, going back to a cane full time was almost numbing for me such a
>>>> change but i know have a collection of the things. e-mail me off list
>>>> if you need to talk or i can talk with you on skype or zello. My dog
>>>> just found a permanent home a couple months ago for many reasons and
>>>> i've found it very helpful at times to just have people listen, not
>>>> pretend to know what to say, but just sit with me and listen or just be
>>>> on the emotional roller coaster with me. I'M on both skype and zello
>>>> tina100372 so feel free to add me.
>>>> Original message:
>>>>> Hi,

>>>>> I'm Jenny and new to the list. I had to let my retired guide go to a
>>>>> new home because I had planned on getting another dog in the future
>>>>> and the landlord said we couldn't have my retired guide, Ramses, our
>>>>> little yip yap dog, and a new guide in the house at the same time.

>>>>> I hurt beyond belief and was unable to go to church this morning
>>>>> because it would've been the first Sunday without him and I knew there
>>>>> would be a lot of questions as to why he wasn't with me.

>>>>> Please pray for a gentle grief and to know whether to even get another
>>>>> dog. Also, I'm considering unsubscribing to my guide dog lists because
>>>>> I am unsure about the whole thing altogether and don't want to hear
>>>>> about dog stuff when the loss is so fresh and while having to adjust
>>>>> to cane life again, yuck.

>>>>> Anyway, your prayers would be appreciated.

>>>>> In Christ,

>>>>> Jenny
>>>>> On Apr 15, 2012, at 5:11 PM, tina birenbaum wrote:

>>>>>> I was asked today if I'd think about working with my church worship
>>>>>> team. It's been a long time since I've done anything musical and just
>>>>>> need prayer if this is what god wants me to do. Sounds intriguing on
>>>>>> one hand, and nerve wracking on the other. I could suggest a ton of
>>>>>> music to them and i did today , but being back onstage again is a
>>>>>> different thing altogether


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