[nagdu] dog adaptability and expectations

Martha Harris latinanewschic at gmail.com
Wed Mar 31 14:13:15 UTC 2010


Hi Dan,
I think going to BLIND Inc. will help with my travel skills and confidence 
because I do not know how to travel efficiently in unfamiliar areas. I am 
also from a rural area with little traffic, and I want to move to a city for 
grad school and a job. I need to be able to travel independently because I 
am a journalism major, and work could change every day. I am also a 
sociology major, which requires conferences, travel for research, eTC. Going 
to BLIND Inc. will help me gain the skills and be able to use them no matter 
where I go.

Martha

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From: "Dan Weiner" <dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:50 AM
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [nagdu] dog adaptability and expectations

> Or, the big question, if you've had a dog and training and so forth, why 
> do
> you think you'll be so much more of a confident traveler after Blind Inc.
> Not to attack you personally, as I have nothing against you or anyone 
> else,
> but I think crating a dog for so long dduring the day really isn't the
> greatest idea, especially during your first year.  The NFB centers should 
> be
> ashamed of themselves.
>
> JMO,
>
> Dan W. and the Carter Nut
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Martha Harris
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:11 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] dog adaptability and expectations
>
> Hi Everyone,
> I have been working with my lab Dee since November of last year, and in 
> May,
> I will have her for six months. I am going to BLIND Inc. where she will be
> crated for 7-8 hours per day. However, I will walk as often as I can to 
> the
> center, which is 1.3 miles or so each way, plus work in the evenings and 
> on
> weekends. Many guide dog users say I will "ruin the dog," and it is not 
> good
> to make a dog change routine so drastically because it takes six months to 
> a
> year to become solid. However, I think learning the discovery method will
> help us be a more solid team because I will be able to travel with
> confidence to familiar and unfamiliar places. Is it expectations preached 
> by
> the guide dog schools because they don't believe blind people can handle
> sudden change? Is it that some guide dog users have less confidence in
> themselves and don't believe change is good for them or their dogs, or am 
> I
> way off base thinking like this?
>
> Martha
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