[nagdu] to Tatyana

[GARY STEEVES]

Hi Tatyana

Cane skills are part of it but really it comes down to orientation skills. So in some ways   doing a trip to DC as you described might be easier with a dog since they manage things like subways and city scapes so well. What you need to be able to do is to keep yourself orientated in your environment. The dog will get you around the obstacles, take  you to the doors, to the stairsor escullators or elevators, keep you from going off the platform and so on but you need to know where you are going. This means, unless you are a good travellor who can figure all these things out by yourself, you would probably want to do such trips with a sighted guide to get a fell for it. I think there are  many people who don't do tons of new routes with their dogs. And as you say, maybe with a dog you might be more inspired to ttry new routes to see how they go and give yourself more freedom.

One of the things that influenced me getting a dog is that my girlfriend really wanted a dog and as someone mentioned, the best thing about a guide dog is that they can go with you almost anywhere. If you keep your dog brushed and give it a bath regularly it won't smell. If it isn't a poodle then it will shed but how much really depends on the dog from what I've read on here.

Of course, there are the inconveniences that happen from time to time like today. Bogart was wandering in the middle of the night so I thought maybe he wants to go out. I live in an apartment so this meand getting up and walking around the block. He has horrible diarieaa. So today we have  been going out about every 2 hours since then. Nothing as gross as this in my mind anyways. :) If anyone wants to share their cures please feel free. As I've said before I don't worry too much unless something lasts more than 24 hours.

Anyway, I'm being nudged so I think it's time to head out again. Eventually he has to run out of things inside him. :)

Gary


----- Original Message -----
From: Tatyana <tagriru at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, September 2, 2011 12:57 pm
Subject: Re: [nagdu] to Tatyana
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>

> Hello Marilyn,
> I don't know whether  I like dogs or not, I don't have one 
> to know. I don't like cats. I had a small dog when I was a 
> child, someone killed our dog and for many years I felt that was 
> the only doggy love in my life. I'm not an advanced cane user. I 
> thought with a dog I could do trips from my town to D.C. and use 
> subway and go any place I never went before. But an improving 
> my   mobility skills  using a cane may be a 
> better  option. If I could get more training in some 
> advanced programs of NFB or something, I don't know what 
> programs are available, but any way may be I need to pay more 
> attention to my cane using skills.With a dog, I would get a 
> companion and loved being. I don't care responsibilities 
> like  cleaning a house, grooming and feeding a dog, but I 
> care smell of my clothing from a dog. I don't want a dog be 
> aggressively attacked. I don't want argue with attendance in 
> public places. And I don't want to ruin a job   of 
> many people not training a dog myself, if I don't take a dog to 
> unfamiliar locations for example, so its  working abilities 
> may be lost. I don't work and I need to go to unknown places not 
> often. But from other hand it may be because I don't have a dog.
> Tatyana.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "marilyn" <t21114 at optonline.net>
> To: "nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 1:21 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] to Tatyana
> 
> 
> >Hi Tatyana,
> >I think for everyone its a personal decision about getting a 
> guide dog. First and foremost you must love dogs and be willing 
> to be responsible caring for one.
> >If you can private email me I would like to talk further to 
> you. Also about Russia
> >Marilyn and Anna
> >T21114 at optonline.net
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