[NAGDU] Staying together

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Rachel.
Usually, I want him to follow me.  One of the great advantages of having a
dog is that, in big, open spaces, the dog can look around and lock in on a
destination and zoom over to it.  I guess we can try sighted guide, and see
how it goes, if the man is willing.

Really, it would all be so simple if he got his own dog, but he's not
interested in that option for now.
Tracy

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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Staying together

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:
> 
> Hello Tracy,
> 
> Why don't you walk cited guide. Or you could  walk arm in arm.  That would
be acceptable even if you both could see.
> 
> JODY
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>> On Sep 1, 2016, at 8:22 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
>> 
>> 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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