[nagdu] Mobility and Dogs

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Are we debating or are we discussing usage pros and cons. And everything has pros and cons to useage. 
Debate means you try to convince and if done properly there are rules you must follow. 
Discussing usage pros and cons also has rules, but you aren't really trying to convince anybody who is "right". 

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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Margo and Arrow
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:59 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Mobility and Dogs

Here's my take on it for me.  I could use a cane or a dog just fine.  if I 
didn't have a dog for some reason, I'd use a cane, plain and simple.  I love 
using a cane just as I love being a dog handler.  I could have a guide dog 
or I could have a cane and a pet dog.  I prefer using a dog, but, that 
doesn't mean a dog's better or a cane's better.  I was an ecellent cane user 
before getting my first dog in 1981 and I still keep up cane skills to this 
day.

I never get into the cane and dog debates because I personally think there's 
nothing to debate.

Margo and Arrow
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From: "Janice Toothman" <janice.toothman at verizon.net>
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Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Mobility and Dogs


> Hi Sheila,
> You make a good point that a cane can provide information about the 
> environment that our dog can't. They rely on different skills and we 
> should practice them periodically to make sure that we are in top form.
> Janice and Destiny
>
> On 8/21/2011 3:36 AM, Sheila Leigland wrote:
>> Hi dan I tend to wonder the same thing. I know how to use a cane but much 
>> prefer a dog. Using a dog requires different skills than a cane but not 
>> less valid. It is still importnat to be able to solve problems no 
>> directions and learn routes. A cane helps fine information just in a 
>> different way.
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