[nagdu] Animal Advocate Calls Blind Guide Dog Users Cruel &unfi

[helene ryles]

Linda,
I'd agree that there is hardship in being an untrained pet. Although
pets can also benifit from being trained and knowing their place in
the hiracky. I think the best of pet guardians probably do that,
although there are ones who don't and some pet dogs end up confused,
not knowing where they stand. This is why I think that if you are
going to be against guide dogs you should automatically be against
keeping animals as pets period. I think the arguement that you put
forward is much better then the one based on people 'needing' dogs or
making blindness into a tragedy to make PETA seem bad. (I'm not for
PETA by the way but I am for animal rights).

Helene.

On 10/03/2009, Marion & Martin <swampfox1833 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Ron,
>     I guess we will just need to agree to disagree. As for being "approved"
> by a low vision specialist, I feel that most such specialists have very
> little understanding of blindness. For this reason, they tend to encourage
> blind people to use inadequate eyesight and all sorts of low vision devices,
> rather than non-visual techniques.
>
> Fraternally,
> Marion
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Davidson" <fuzzy_1 at cox.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 7:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Animal Advocate Calls Blind Guide Dog Users Cruel &unfi
>
>
>>I  disagree with part of what you say Marion. When we do this type of
>>demonstration it is usually after these usually junior high age students
>>read such books about  people like Helen Keller and Tom Sullivan which they
>>
>>see Blind people can and do and live successful lives. This is not a whoa
>>look at the poor blind person thing I have never lead a pity party and
>>never will. We use this as a tool. Kids are full of questions on how we do
>>things and this is a way to help them understand it. I have lived for 38
>>years of off and on blindness and I was told at the age of 12 that someday
>>I would loose all my vision and I never once thought death would be better.
>>
>>The eye disease that I have I would go to bed at night not knowing whether
>>I would wake with sight or not so I know allot about waiting for the
>>inevitable. As you know vision loss affects each person different just like
>>
>>grief people have their own way of handling it. This type of demonstration
>>we use is also approved by our low vision specialist.
>>
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