[nagdu] always taking the dog was guide dogs

[Linda Gwizdak]

Yeah, Rox, you really do need your dog much more than those of us who are 
just blind.

Good dog to do all those things for you.  did you train for these tasks or 
did a school train the dog for you.

Lyn and Landon
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> Lyn,
>
> Yes, my dog does hearing dog tasks-- alerts to smoke alarms; to my  name 
> being called; to the beeping of large trucks backing up.  I never  know 
> when I'll need any of these things and I feel much safer when  she's with 
> me.  If I went sighted guide, and if that guide left me for  a moment or 
> two, that is when something is likely to happen, and it has.
> I also have a chronic inner ear disease which causes a great deal of 
> vertigo sometimes to the degree that I cannot walk without support. 
> There is also the issue of lack of proprioception while undergoing a 
> vertigo attack, so I am going left when I think I'm turning right.  In 
> these cases my dog has to over-ride my cues and my body language and  get 
> me where I need to be.  In these cases she is totally in charge  because 
> although I may know how to get there, I can't make my body do  what it 
> needs and I basically hang on to the dog and let her figure it  out.  I'm 
> glad she's a take charge kind of girl.
>
> Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
> Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
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