[nagdu] Mobility and Dogs

[Lyn Gwizdak]

I hear you on this, Margo! I don't understand why people have to get so 
defensive whenever someone else has another viewpoint on anything - dog vs 
cane, school trained guides or owner trained guides.  We all just need to do 
what is best for ourselves and just take what people say as what they are - 
their own personal opinions.

Hey, Margo, are you getting the nasty weather from Hurricane Irene? Hope all 
is well with you. I was at the San Diego Center for the Blind and saw Kevin.

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Margo and Arrow" <margo.downey at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 9:58 AM
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
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 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
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>
>> 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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