[NAGDU] Staying together

[Rachel Grider]

Tracy, 

Yes, that is very true. One of the things I love most about having a dog is leading in open spaces. Let me know how the cited guide thing goes; I could definitely see it working, but as you said, he would really need to be using his cane.

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> On Sep 1, 2016, at 07:21, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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> 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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