[nagdu] My concerns about getting a guide dog.....

[rhonda cruz]

 hi pam, i got my guide dog. when i used to have vision.
 i've been working with my pilot dog may. for 3 years.
 i got her when i was 22 years old,
 it has been a wonderful choice for me.
 i lost the rest of my vision a year after i arrived back home. with my dog.
 now i am  totally blind.
 i had to learn to trust my dog fully.

 now i'm traveling every ware.
 and i feel completely free.



 all the best. from Rhonda.


On Sep 6, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:

> Oh no!  I have had a few friends who were in that situation.  One got her dog and the only thing she had to learn is to trust her dog over what she thaught she could see.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pauline Berger" <sispberger at gmail.com>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 5:59 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] My concerns about getting a guide dog.....
> 
> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> I just found this list last night and I am hoping to chat with someone who
>> might be in the same situation that I am in.  I am legally blind but just
>> barely.  I have a lot of functional vision left and for the most part
>> people around me do not even realize that I have vision problems.
>> Especially if I am in a familiar area, my visual handicaps could not even
>> be noticed.  Lighting is what makes the difference in me.  Either too much
>> or not enough can really blind me.  I have trouble with any printed text
>> unless it is blown up to about 6 or 7x.
>> 
>> So my concern is this:  I do have enough functional vision that may get in
>> the way of training a dog to see for me.  Sometimes I do see the cracks in
>> a sidewalk or sometimes I don't.  I have walked off a set of stairs twice
>> in my life that I did not see.  So, my hubby and daughter would like me to
>> get a dog for my own protection.  It is not just them, I would love one
>> too.  What I am afraid of is that the people at the guide dog training
>> place will wonder if I am faking...I know.... you may think this is silly,
>> but I do wonder if they will be able to work with me since I do have the
>> ability to see more than others that need a dog.  I would be able to go
>> around town on the bus and such with him and to go to my volunteer job at
>> the hospital with him and not feel vulnerable like I do with my cane which
>> advertises to everyone that I am visually impaired.
>> 
>> Any thoughts for me???
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> -- 
>> When you are at the edge of a cliff........*a step back* is progress!
>> .....heard at Pacific Coast Camp
>> 
>> *Knowledge* is knowing that a tomato is classified as a fruit....
>> *Wisdom* is knowing not to put it into a fruit salad!
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>> 
>> Two things in life you should never scrimp on.......
>> *Mattresses* and *shoes*.......you will spend your lifetime in one or the
>> other!
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>> 
>> Talk to yourself.......you will be guaranteed at least *ONE* listener!
>> by Pauline Berger
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