[nagdu] guidedog and mobility skills

[Larry D Keeler]

I for one use both. I do both quite well. But, I do understand that some 
folks are much more comfortible using one over another.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole Torcolini via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "'debby phillips'" <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>; <DLewis at clovernook.org>; 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>; <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] guidedog and mobility skills


> Debby, I think that you are misunderstanding what I am trying to say. Yes,
> there are people who are better dog travelers than cane travelers, and I 
> am
> one of them. To be honest, whenever I use my cane, I wonder how I survived
> so many years using a cane; perhaps it was because I did not know what
> traveling with a dog was like. That aside, there are certain skills that a
> person has to have regardless of what type of mobility aid that person is
> using, with the exception of sighted guide, given that the sighted person
> knows the area. If you do not know how to problem solve when you are lost 
> or
> how to cross a street without getting run over because you crossed at the
> wrong time, then it does not matter that much if you have a cane or a dog.
> As I have said before, dogs can and will learn certain routes, but it is 
> not
> something that you get out of the box, and it can go wrong sometimes. That
> is not to say that I have not once or twice let Lexia take complete 
> control.
> Does that make more sense?
>
> Nicole
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: debby phillips [mailto:semisweetdebby at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 8:52 AM
> To: Nicole Torcolini; semisweetdebby at gmail.com; DLewis at clovernook.org;
> nagdu at nfbnet.org; nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: RE: [nagdu] guidedog and mobility skills
>
> Hi Nicole, I think that when I got my first dog I thought that it would 
> make
> me less afraid and a better traveler.  And it did.  I began going more
> places on my own, and having a dog did give me more of a sense of
> confidence.  I wouldn't say that I was a great traveler when I got my 
> first
> dog.  Over the years, I improved and because I had dogs I got out more 
> than
> I had.  Then my husband and I moved to rural Washington, and I mean rural.
> I ended up needing to go to CCB to work on my travel skills again.  Now, 
> I'm
> a much better traveler than before, but I am absolutely a better traveler
> with a dog than a cane, and I went all over Denver using my cane.  And 
> what
> about those folks who first used dogs, before there were canes? They 
> didn't
> have OandM instruction.  All I'm trying to say is that I do believe that
> there are people who do quite well with dogs but are terrible cane
> travelers.  Don't ask me how it works for them, but it does.  Maybe they
> travel in limited routes, or whatever but as long as the dog helps them,
> who am I to judge tone else?    Blessings,    Debby and Neena
>
>
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