[nabs-l] blind doctors

[Valerie Gibson]

As i'm not opposed to training guide dogs, i don't want to give off the impression that, I'm blind so i want to train guide dogs.  That's like, when i tell people i have a boxer, most first responces are, "is it a guide dog?"  It's a ligit question, but it's like people expect that if you have a dog or work with dogs, it's a guide dog because you're blind.

Like i said, i'm not opposed to guide dog training, and on that note, i remember being at the CCB and a guide dog rep came to the center to talk to us, and someone asked if blind people could train guide dogs. They said no.  My guesss was that you're training a dog to do something that you can't, so i can sort of see their point in that respect.

Perhaps things have changed over the past few years, and i will try to talk to them again. If nothing else, it will give me some practice training dogs.
On May 6, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:

> I might suggest talking to a guide dog school if you want to maybe train service animals or at least talk to them to see if you can intern there when it comes time.
> 
> That's all I can help you with but good luck with your endeavors.
> On May 5, 2010, at 9:46 PM, Valerie Gibson wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> For a while know I've been bouncing around ideas of things i would like to do as a carreer when i finish my gen ed classes, and while i find a lot of things interesting, i keep coming back to the thought of, "I'd really like to work with animals".  
>> 
>> Ever since i was seven i've wanted to become a veterinarian...that is until someone told me, when i was thirteen, "well, i wouldn't take my dogs to you". surprisingly, this wasn't a sighted person who told me this.
>> 
>> Well, i ran across an article somewhere about a blind guy who got his M.D, and it got me thinking, why coudln't I be a vet? Even if there aren't a bunch of blind doctors, at least there are some.
>> I think on the side, i'd like to become a certified dog trainer as well.
>> 
>> So, what i want, all steriotyping aside, is to become a certified obedienace dog trainer, and if i can maybe train some sort of service dog like search and rescue or therapy dogs.
>> 
>> As well as, train to become a vet tech, and if i really like what i do, advance my schooling to become a full fledged vet.
>> 
>> My questions are:
>> 1.  What do you think of these jobs for a blind person?
>> 2.  Does anyone know of anyone who could help me overcome any sort of obsticles that i could come up against in getting these jobs?
>> and 
>> 3.  i guess this goes along with question 2, but is there anyone who's working for an M.D and would you be willing to email me off list or something so that i can pick your brain about how you got through, or are getting through, it?
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