[nagdu] dog adaptability and expectations

Tracy Carcione carcione at access.net
Wed Mar 31 16:28:16 UTC 2010


I believe you also have to use the cane during center outings, like rock
climbing in Colorado.  Don't know what kinds of activities Blind Inc does.

> 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>
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>> Question here, Blind Inc. doesn't allow guide dogs?
>>
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>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: Martha Harris<mailto:latinanewschic at gmail.com>
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>>  Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:11 PM
>>  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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