[nagdu] Getting a guide dog

[Natalie]

Hi R.J.,
Getting a guide dog is a highly individual decision.  Next time your family 
members and mobility instructors and others who don't know you well judge 
you for not getting a guide dog do that, ask them something along these 
lines: "When you were choosing a car to drive, did you go by everyone else's 
ideas or your own?"  A guide dog is a companion and a mobility tool, just as 
some autos offer more than others.  You do your own thing, and if others 
don't like, it, oh well.
Best,
Nat and Liam Joshua

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 2:38 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Getting a guide dog


>I have a questions for everyone on the list. What was it that made you 
>decide to get a guide dog? My Family and mobility instructor both tell me 
>they do not see a need for me to have one. I live in Okeechobee Florida. We 
>do not have any public transpertation. I practually have to be driven to 
>church, the store etc. Others from people at church are telling me to stop 
>making excuses, and get a dog, but when I tell them I am a cane traveler, 
>they accuse me of not trying. I tell them it is a huge responcibility, and 
>they tell me that it is just me making excuses. Am I making excuses? I do 
>not have the finational means in order to care for a guide dog. I'm only 
>just making excuses. What do you as guide dog users think? I would have to 
>feed the dog, take it for check ups. It is an animal, and it is a 
>responcibility. RJ
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