[nagdu] to Tatyana

Sun Sep 4 00:39:50 UTC 2011

Lyn,
Wow, you are on eighth dog! What breeds did you have? Based on your 
experience, what are major differences between  different breeds?

As for Russian Braille, I think Braille  is adopted to  many languages that 
don't use Latin. For Russian Braille it will be just a few new  dot 
combinations for uncontracted Braille to learn. I mean it was not hard for 
me to learn English Braille because it uses many  of the same symbols. But 
they may stand for different sounds though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille

I think Russian is easy to read - rules  do help and  there are less 
uncertainties with pronunciation. It may be hard with lots of changing parts 
of the words  though but rules may help.

Tatyana.

 > Try to spend time with guide dog users and see how it is for them.  A 
guide
> dog isn't for everyone and they are perfectly comfortable in getting 
> around with a cane.
>
> A guide dog is a DOG in that it is a living animal that has needs and 
> feelings.  They are more care than a cat.  A dog needs to eat, poops and 
> pees - the poop must be picked up and thrown away.  They can get sick - 
> vomit and diahrrea.  They can smell bad from being dirty or due to 
> infections.  They shed hair all over the place.  WE are all taught proper 
> dog care at the guide dog schools.  Properly groomed and cared for dogs 
> rarely smell bad or shed lots of hair all over.
>
> Some people, like us guide dog users, put up with or don't mind what it 
> takes to take good care of a dog.  We don't mind dog hair on our clothes 
> or in our houses.  We enjoy living with house animals.  Other people do 
> not like these things and don't care to take on the responsibilities in 
> dog or other animal care.  And this is valid.
>
> While you take the time to determine if a guide dog is for you, ask 
> anything you want of us - that's how you gain information with which to 
> make a sound decision for yourself.  Like I said, spend time with guide 
> dog users as much as you can and go places with them.  this will give you 
> a realistic view as to what it means to have a guide dog.
>
> BTW, your English is great for someone like you. You're a brave person to 
> leave a coountry that is familiar and move to another one with a totally 
> different culture and language.   English is a very hard language to learn 
> with all it's crazy rules, words that sound alike but you spell them 
> different depending on how you use the word.  My neice knows some Russian 
> from when she lived in Ukraine while in the Peace Corps.  Your Cyrilic 
> alphabet differs from the one we use for English and other languages.  Is 
> Russian Braille different from American Braille - you know, the dot 
> formations?
>
> Anyway, welcome to the list and hope you come to the decision that is best 
> for you.  Using the dog or cane is a personal decision and you are the one 
> best to make it.  Many of us also use the cane - it is required for 
> getting a dog.  You need good mobility skills to learn how to work with a 
> dog.
>
> I am Lyn and I've worked guide dogs sinse 1973.  I am on my eighth dog. 
> He is Landon, a red Lab/Golden cross from The Seeing Eye.  We live in San 
> Diego, CA and do pet assisted therapy for work.
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tatyana" <tagriru at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 12:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] to Tatyana
>
>
>> 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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