[NAGDU] Staying together

[Dar]

Jim puts his hand on my shoulder using his cane to protect the rite side. 
She doesn't feel she is guiding two persons. 


Dar 
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> On Sep 1, 2016, at 8:11 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jody.
> Would that work?  Krokus is not trained to guide 2 people, and someone next
> to me might get slammed into a pole, unless he's using his cane very
> effectively.
> If I need to guide another blind person, I usually try to tuck the person
> behing me.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jody Ianuzzi via
> NAGDU
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 9:30 AM
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> Cc: Jody Ianuzzi
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Staying together
> 
> 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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