[nagdu] Guide dog use in countries other than the U.S.

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Nadja,
Interesting you guys still use a cane along with the dog.  they did the same 
here in the early days of guide dog use.  Do you have a stiff harness 
handle - one made with metal covered by leather or a soft one that is 
basically rolled leather?  When our schools started using a stiff handle 
with the metal, they stopped using the cane.

Oh, I'm Lyn, spelled L Y N, and I live in southern California with Landon, a 
Lab/Golden retriever mix.  He is almost seven years old and I got him at The 
Seeing Eye in New Jersey.

I am 61 years old and work doing pet assisted therapy with Landon where we 
bring small animals and a dog to visit nursing homes, mental health 
facilities, and more.  I also am active in politics and my blind center.

Glad to see you.  I always like to know what it's like to be blind and use 
guide dogs in other parts of the world.

Lyn and landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nadja Öberg" <starwalnut at yahoo.fr>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide dog use in countries other than the U.S.


>
> BS"D
>
> We use the stick as a complement to the guide dog in Sweden too, I forgot 
> to say that. I've the guide dog handle in my left hand and the stick in 
> the right hand. I use the stick to investigate when my dog stops for an 
> obstruction as you said Laurel so that I can give her good directions. I 
> also use the stick to investigate if she has followed my commands, as an 
> example if I say "find the curb" I check with the stick before I give her 
> praise or a correction depending on her action. I don't use the stick as a 
> mobility aid however. How do you do that when you don't have a stick? 
> *Curious* It's also an signal to the public that I'm blind as Maria told.
>
> LeChalom,
> Nadja from Sweden
>
> Page web : http://www.nadjaoberg.com
>
>
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