[nagdu] Fwd: 5 Reasons Why Guide Dogs Are a Terrible Idea!

[Cindy Ray]

Yes, but you see, I would like it if people talked to me about anything
other than the weather. They talk about my dog and that's all they have to
say to me. 
I have known people who got dogs because someone thought they would be more
independent. They did not like dogs. One person feared dogs. This isn't
good, though she did get past it, I think, but wasn't ever really tuned into
having a dog I think. My husband likes dogs; he says he wouldn't have the
patience to deal with a guide. So of course everyone has their own
circumstances and considerations to take. Some people think that people
talking to them about their dogs is an icebreaker; I see it as a pain. For
whatever reason I have come to be less tolerant of it than I was. However,
now as the time simultaneously creeps and speeds closer to that kind of a
decision, I am having more hand pain than I did before I got my first dog.
That was why I got one in the first place, so there is sure a lot to think
about. In my opinion, I am wasting a resource to get a dog no more than I am
currently going places; without one I might go out less now, not sure, but
this would be because I wouldn't have the reason, not because I could not.
Yes, lots to consider.
Cindy


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Pam via nagdu
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 10:14 AM
To: Aleeha Dudley; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fwd: 5 Reasons Why Guide Dogs Are a Terrible Idea!

i do agree a dog is not for everyone and i think u have to really like dogs
to get a guide dog. i hated using the caine so for me getting a dog was 1 of
the best decisions i have made. i have a lot more confidence now and i walk
a lot faster than i did with a caine. a lot more people come up and talk to
me now since having the dog. i have 2 kids and since getting callie they can
come to the shops with me something i never did with the caine. so i do
think it depends on your circumstances and whether or not u r willing to put
the work in to taking care of a dog. 

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> On 20 Mar 2015, at 13:51, Aleeha Dudley via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> Just curious what you all think. This article greatly upset me, especially
given the subject line. But I wanted to see what you guys thought, as the
responses on the list that I saw this on our very mixed.  
> 
> If you're blind, you obviously read Braille. Your hearing must 
> naturally be
>> superior to your sighted peers, and of course you have a guide dog!
Right?
>> 
>> Well, that last may not be as pervasive as the first and second. 
>> Someone recently told me the number of guide dog users has actually 
>> declined in my millennial generation. I have no evidence proving this 
>> one way or the other, but for the general public, to see a blind 
>> person with a guide dog feels as natural as butter and toast.
>> 
>> Thing is, I'm not so sure guide dogs are right for everyone. Or, 
>> maybe I'm just projecting my own uncertainties onto the rest of the
community?
>> 
>> Last November I took the first step in the application process to 
>> return for a second Seeing Eye dog. It's been more than three years 
>> since I lost Gator, and even though I've gotten around just fine with 
>> a white cane, I am approaching what feels like the final years with 
>> sight, however minimal that sight might be. I admit it's unnerving if 
>> I sit still long enough to contemplate total blindness. NFB 
>> philosophy be damned, and the thought of an extra set of eyes to help 
>> me navigate the world does bring a measure of comfort. But, is it enough
to go get another dog?
>> 
>> In no particular order, here are reasons why a guide dog would be a 
>> terrible
>> idea:
>> 
>> Read more:
>> 
>> http://serotalk.com/2015/03/18/5-reasons-why-guide-dogs-are-a-terribl
>> e-idea/
>> 
>> --
>> Musings of a Work in Progress:
>> www.JoeOrozco.com/
>> 
>> Twitter: @ScribblingJoe
>> 
>> 
>> 
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