[NAGDU] Staying together

[Rachel Grider]

Since he is your husband, linking arms or holding hands would be totally acceptible. Someone else, maybe not, but there is always sighted guide. I personally don't like cited guide because I don't like feeling that I am not in control of where I am going, but I think in this case where it is only being used for two blind people to stay together, it may be a good solution. I will link arms with my  sighted mother sometimes when we are in a crowded area just to stay together, but she is the only person I will do that with because she is my mother.

Another thought: could you go behind your husband and give your dog a follow command? If someone is showing me where to go, like for example if I am in a store and someone from customer service is helping me find things, I can go behind the person with my dog and tell her to follow. The same thing if I am in a large group of people walking somewhere and there are people in front of me in my group. I don't like doing that often, But it works in some cases.

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> On Sep 1, 2016, at 06:29, Jody Ianuzzi via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hello Tracy,
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> Why don't you walk cited guide. Or you could  walk arm in arm.  That would be acceptable even if you both could see.
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>> On Sep 1, 2016, at 8:22 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> My husband Jerry uses a cane, and I of course use a guide dog.  My husband
>> has lost a lot of vision, and we are having trouble staying together when
>> passing through big, open spaces, like fancy hotel lobbies or the bus
>> terminal.  Either Krokus gets into a groove and Jerry can't keep up, or
>> Krokus starts screwing around and Jerry goes off ahead.  Sometimes I grab
>> Jerry's hand and pull him along, or we start calling loudly to each other.
>> Neither one feels very dignified.  
>> 
>> Do people have methods that work to keep a cane user and a dog user in
>> contact?  I've heard some people wear a bell, but does that really work, in
>> an open, noisy environment?
>> 
>> I'd like to figure out something that works, and doesn't make us both feel
>> ridiculous.
>> 
>> Tracy
>> 
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