[nagdu] The Differences in Dogs and Canes

[Tracy Carcione]

I think a dog is much better for moving easily through a crowd.  I know
plenty of people use canes in New York City, but I imagine they have to
slow way down when things get crowded, or whack a lot of ankles.  Ben just
slides on through, finding spaces between people.  Ben is one of those
"pushy urban dogs".  Crowds are something of a specialty with him, and I
really appreciate that.
Tracy

> Great point Nicole as even the best cane user would not find such an
> obstacle.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nicole
> Torcolini
> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 2:08 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: [nagdu] The Differences in Dogs and Canes
>
> Okay, yes, I know that this one has gone round and round before, but I had
> something happen today that made me just have to bring it up one more
> time.
> There is the way of thinking that says that the good cane user should be
> able to travel as quickly and as safely with a cane as with a dog.
> However,
> unless you wear a full body shield, I just don't think that that is true.
> For reasons that I will not discuss here, I was out walking today with my
> cane rather than Lexia. I was traversing a route that I have taken
> numerous
> times with Lexia. Lexia usually stays a tiny bit from the edge of the side
> walk. However, as I was using my cane rather than Lexia, I was trailing
> the
> edge. There is a staircase that comes down from a building that has a
> railing that sticks out farther than the bottom step. With Lexia, this had
> never before posed a problem as she had cleared it as an obstacle.
> However,
> I had no way of detecting it without her; it was at hip level. As a
> result,
> I ran right into it. I was not hurt or anything, but it just goes to show
> that there are those things that a guide dog, at least a well trained one,
> usually detects that a cane cannot.
>
> Nicole
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