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

[Jennifer Perdue]

I have always been a good cane user.  I just don't feel that it gives me or ever has given me as much information and protection from things like overhead obstacles as a dog.  

I ordered the free long straight cane from NFB and the tip that they provide on those canes is best used with the two touch technique which I have frankly found deffinately to not give enough information.  

I am a slider and prefer to slide my cane back and forth because that is the best way to get as much information out of the cane as possible, but doing that with the NFB tips is a pain at best.

I've been using a cane all my life so there is nothing lacking in my cane skills, I just don't think it's as useful and I don't like it as much as a dog.

Jenny
On Apr 15, 2012, at 7:15 PM, don nepple wrote:

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> 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.
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>> 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:
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>>> 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:
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>>>>> 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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