[nagdu] guidedog and mobility skills

[Larry D Keeler]

Exactly! Dogs like canes and other devices are only aids to mobility. The 
more you know and the easier you can travel, the easier it is to use the dog 
or the cane. Or, for that matter, your sighted guides!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole Torcolini via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: <starmy22 at gmail.com>; "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of 
Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] guidedog and mobility skills


>I hope that this does not come across as harsh, but this is pretty much the
> long and short of it. Like a cane, a guide dog is a mobility aid.
> Occasionally, you will come across a really smart dog who can find his/her
> way home when blocks away, but it is not something that is guaranteed with
> every dog. Your responsibilities when traveling with a dog are much the 
> same
> as when you travel with a cane. You have to know where you are and how to
> get to where you are going. You have to read the traffic. If you cannot 
> get
> from one place to another without getting lost or turned around or 
> crossing
> the street at the wrong time multiple times, then you probably will not be
> accepted to get a dog.
>
> Nicole
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of starmy22--- via
> nagdu
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 2:17 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] guidedog and mobility skills
>
> Hi,
> I have a question:  I talked with Pilot dogs yesterday and had asked them
> about how the admissions process wsa going.
> I was told that the committee had already met.
> I had been told that there is no set date as to when they will be meeting
> again.
> I have a question: I do apologize if this is off-topic; so please forgive
> me. I didn't know where else to post this.  I do have epilepcy and I did
> find out that I had sustained a head Injury.
> Is the excellerated mobility training program at Leader dog a fast pased
> Mobility training program?
> I'm supposed to have a evaluation on my mobility skills to see whether or
> not I'm even ready for a guide dog yet.
> I hope to hear from you soon.
> Sincerely,
> John Sanders
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