[nagdu] Thinking of getting a guide dog

Sun Aug 19 01:53:15 UTC 2012

Buddy, I think you hit on an important point. I would venture to state that as with any profession, there are good mobility and not as good mobility instructors. I think there are certainby situations where a person has a lot of ifficulty traveling but I also bebieve a lot of it is because perhaps the mobility teaching has within it subtle or not so subtle low expectations. There are people who, for some reason, don't do well with the cane but magically do so much better with the dog. I am glad we have travel choices.

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Date: Saturday, Aug 18, 2012 09:35:11 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Thinking of getting a guide dog

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> Hi Margo,
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> All true. Well, sort of true, it was certainly true for me. Some people are just not confident travelers though and get totally wigged out by getting lost. To me though, and thanks to a fantastic O&M instructor when I was a kid, who really pushed me when I needed it, now getting lost is half the fun.
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> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV — Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
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> On Aug 18, 2012, at 8:10 PM, Margo and Arrow <margo.downey at verizon.net> wrote:
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> > Buddy, yes, the clues and cues are different as are landmarks, but, I believe the more you've done with a cane, the more confidence you have with a dog, and, the more you work a dog, the more confidence you have with a cane.
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> > Margo and Arrow
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> > Subject: Re: [nagdu] Thinking of getting a guide dog
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> >> Wow, that's a difficult one to answer. 
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> >> My first reaction is to say you do the same thing you would with a cane, just that the kinds of landmarks and clues you use will be different. You might take a cane with you for the difficult bits, or to heel a dog through something you particularly want to show him, like the third sidewalk on the left. Basically, you'll probably figure out the most comfortable thing for yourself. Me, I just get up and go and figure it out on the way.
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> >> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV — Erie, PA
> >> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
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> >> On Aug 18, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Reinhard Stebner <raydar11011 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> >>> Also, how do you use a dog in an area where one has never been before and
> >>> you do not know the rout? How do you figure out where everything is?
> >>> 
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> >>> Hello everyone,
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> >>> I am new to this list and I have been considering getting a guide dog for
> >>> some time now.  I know I have questions but I really don't know what they
> >>> are.  I have a feeling once i start getting some  replies
> >>> I might start figuring these questions out.
> >>> 
> >>> I am not sure how guide dogs really work in the sense of feeling edges. For
> >>> example with my cane I can feel the curb coming up and know where the edge
> >>> is but with a dog how does this work?  Also the same goes for steps.How will
> >>> I know if they go up or down with a dog?  With a cane I can feel them and
> >>> know instantly.  this is just one example of my thinking.
> >>> 
> >>> I am totally a dog person and have been for a very long time.  My wife is
> >>> also a vet tech.  If this doesn't say that we are dog people I don't know
> >>> what does.  I heard that you shouldn't have a guide dog while  you have
> >>> other dogs in the house?  I currently have 2 dogs as pets.  Is this and
> >>> issue?
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks for all the help.
> >>> 
> >>> Matt.
> >>> 
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