[nagdu] The Differences in Dogs and Canes

[Larry D. Keeler]

I aggree. I also think they are great if you need to move really fast! Canes 
excel at finding things on the ground or near it. Sometimes its harder to 
get out out of the way of a bunch of canes swinging around. Dogs will veer 
out of the way.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] The Differences in Dogs and Canes


>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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