[nagdu] Treatment of People with Guide Dogs
Larry D. Keeler
lkeeler at comcast.net
Fri Sep 13 05:44:29 UTC 2013
Nicole, I think the issue is that people don't really understand the
partnership of dog and handler. Its hard to veiw the dog as a tool as well
as a dog. Conversly, its hard for some folks to veiw blind folks as whole
folks. Most issues are caused by folks who iether find the dog the
intelligent one or think its a glorified pet. They want the dog to have more
rights than the handler does! I sure don't know why? Given the fact that
shepherds in the police department for example, are veiwed more as tools
than our dogs are. I have seen many of those dogs who are just as friendly
as any others but folks give them a lot more respect than they do ours.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:42 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Treatment of People with Guide Dogs
> Some of the recent threads have made me think of something kind of
> interesting. No, you don't interact with someone who has a guide dog the
> same way that you interact with someone who has a cane, but, if people
> would
> treat us more like we were using canes instead of dogs, we would not have
> as
> many problems. For example, some people have problems with people trying
> to
> give their dog directions. When someone has a cane instead of a dog, this
> problem does not happen. The same goes for interacting with the dog. You
> don't hear about people messing with canes as often as you hear about
> people
> messing with dogs. What do people think of this?
>
> Nicole
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