[nagdu] guidedog and mobility skills

[Buddy Brannan]

Dogs, especially the *right* dog, can certainly compensate for a lot, but they can’t carry the whole load. You still have to be able to give your dog some direction, and know when (not if) it’s gone off track or made a mistake. Oh, sure, you won’t catch it every time, that’s impossible, but you still have to know how to get yourself and your dog unstuck. After all, you’re still the leader of this team, the navigator to a pilot. 

— 
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: 814-860-3194 
Mobile: 814-431-0962
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> On Oct 31, 2014, at 8:13 PM, Nicole Torcolini via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> No, you don't have to be the perfect traveler, but there are certain things
> that, JMHO, it is unreasonable to expect from a guide dog. There are people
> out there who do not have good mobility skills who think that getting a
> guide dog will magically solve everything.
> 
> Nicole
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: debby phillips [mailto:semisweetdebby at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 8:55 AM
> To: Deanna Lewis; NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users; ntorcolini at wavecable.com; nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] guidedog and mobility skills
> 
> Well, I'm not always the sharpest tool in the drawer, not having the
> greatest sense of direction.  So you don't have to be perfect.  But you do
> have to be able to figure things out, or at least know the right questions
> to ask should someone offer to help.  And dogs can help.  After a dog has
> been with you a while they will often show you doors, even if they aren't
> the right door.  This helps a lot when going to an unfamiliar place, as
> happens from time to time.  But you do need to have fairly good skills.  But
> don't let anyone tell you that you have to be the 
> "perfect" traveler.  That's just not true.    Peace,    Debby and 
> Neena
> 
> 
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