[nabs-l] blind doctors

[Anjelina]

Just last week I heard a SeroTalk podcast about guide dogs. One of the panel 
participants, who is blind, trained her own guide dog. It is possible.
http://serotalk.com/
I have a friend who is blind and is in a vet tech program, so I don't think 
your goals are unattainable.
Good luck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Valerie Gibson" <valandkayla at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] blind doctors


> 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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