[nagdu] dog adaptability and expectations

[Martha Harris]

Hi Cheryl,
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but the Louisiana Center, Colorado Center, 
and BLIND Inc. allow students to work the dog to and from the center, all 
evenings, and weekends, but the student must use the straight cane from 
8-4:30 during classes.

Martha

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From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 9:26 AM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] dog adaptability and expectations

> Question here, Blind Inc. doesn't allow guide dogs?
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>  From: Martha Harris<mailto:latinanewschic at gmail.com>
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>  Subject: [nagdu] dog adaptability and expectations
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>  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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