[nagdu] another perspective

[Julie J.]

Rebecca,

I think you could apply  that same logic to ask why people choose to use a 
guide dog.

The simple answer is because it works for us.

Asking Rox'e why she uses her dogs to perform service tasks is no different 
than asking why any of us on this list use a guide dog when a cane would 
work just fine. We all do what works for us.

Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IT)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] another perspective


> Rox,
> You have some excellent points here.
> If I can, I'd like to ask a couple questions which you can ignore if you
> want.
> 1. If bending down is a problem, why not get a dryer that is higher off
> the ground and use something other then a typical laundry basket?
> 2. What about a walk-in shower with a chair?
> I'm not trying to say your dogs aren't useful, I'm just curious as to
> the two examples you site.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of the Pawpower Pack
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 11:33 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] another perspective
>
> Julie,
>
> Thanks for bringing up this topic.  I am blind and profoundly deaf with
> a vestibular disorder which makes it impossible to bend to retrieve
> dropped objects or do things like empty the dryer.  I can't use a cane
> and be safe, and that is just that.  How could someone like me attend a
> center if my dog who is not only my eyes, but my ears and my balance and
> my ability to walk upright in a straight line is forced to be in another
> room away from me?
>
> I depend so much on my dog that I have two.  No they do not work out in
> public together at the same time, yes I switch them out and if one has
> worked with me outside the home all day, the other does things for me
> when I am home.  Things like alerting me to door bells, phones,
> microwave timers, emptying the dryer, retrieving dropped objects,
> helping me in and out of the bath tub.  I can't imagine getting through
> eight hours in a day without a dog.  I wouldn't be very independent.
> Also it would be very frightening for a D/deaf/HOH person to be without
> a hearing dog to alert to smoke alarms.  People may say that of course
> someone will come and alert the person with hearing loss but I have
> found that this doesn't really work and in the rush and hustle to get
> outside the D/deaf/HOH person is forgotten about.
> I wouldn't want to put myself in that kind of situation because I was
> not allowed to use a dog.
>
>
> Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
> Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD and Laveau guide dog, CGC.
> Do not meddle in the affaires of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste
> good with ketchup.
>
>  pawpower at cox.net
>
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>
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