[nagdu] The Differences in Dogs and Canes

[Tina Thomas]

Hello Carol- For any guide dog user to plow through a crowd of people is
very rude and inconsiderate, just as it is for a cane user to commit the
same offense. 
Tina 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carol Osmar
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 5:43 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] The Differences in Dogs and Canes

Hello All, I am new to the list, and am looking forward to learning from
your discussions.  I am in my 60S and recently retired.  I have been a cane
user all my life, but just recently applied for a guide dog, so, I have a
lot to learn.

 Although I haven't had a dog, I have been around many people with guide
dogs, and I have noticed on many occasions, a blind person with a dog will
plow his way through a crowd to get to the head of the line.  I feel this is
rude.  My question is, Do the schools address the issue of curtesy to others
when using a dog?

I have never been in New York City,   so I don't know what it is 
like traveling there as a blind person.  Perhaps you would be trampled if
you are not aggressive there.

Carol  ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org Date sent: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:05:00 -0400
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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