[nagdu] a cane and dog discussion

[cheryl echevarria]

why she is asking pertaining to using other skills as a guide dog users, this is for that here.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steven Johnson<mailto:blinddog3 at charter.net> 
  To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
  Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 6:01 AM
  Subject: Re: [nagdu] a cane and dog discussion


  Hi Julie,
  Chances are that you will have a somewhat slanted view by posting this
  question on this NAGDU list, so in fairness and to obtain a more equal
  response, I would suggest you possibly post on another site, and I would
  suggest the blind talk list.

  JMO,
  Steve


  -----Original Message-----
  From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
  Of Julie McGinnity
  Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 1:46 AM
  To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
  Subject: [nagdu] a cane and dog discussion

  Hello everyone.

  It is very late, so I hope I make sense as I pose the following
  discussion to you.  A friend and I are engaged in an interesting
  arguement.  We are talking about guide dog users and how much they use
  their canes and a few other things.  I'd just like to pose a few
  questions.  (Some of them may seem rather basic.)

  Do you think that guide dog users are just as independent as cane
  users when it comes to travelling?

  Do you think you lose cane skills if  you use a dog the majority of the
  time?


  Do you think that the majority of dog handlers are bad cane users?

  I know these are really general questions, and if you can't answer
  them with direct answers, please, just your observations or
  experiences will suffice.  I'm just very curious about this.  I want
  to know what people think, and I don't really want to seem too
  invested in this or as though I am taking a side.  I'm pretty young
  and a relatively new guide dog user, so I know there are things I
  don't know and haven't seen yet.  I'm more interested in what you guys
  say.

  Thanks.  Sorry if my late night/early morning ramblings make no sense.

  -- 
  Julie McG
   Lindbergh High School class of 2009, participating member in Opera
  Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of Guiding
  Eyes for the Blind

  "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
  everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
  life."
  John 3:16

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