[NAGDU] Do you have a cane whet walking with a guide dog?

[Lisa]

Hi Tarzan,


this is Lisa from Germany.

I know people who use their cane for certain tasks while working their 
dog. In some European countries it is even mandatory. I think Sweden and 
also in Austria.


When I started training with my dog, I was given the opportunity to 
decide whether to use the cane or not. I decided against it. I do carry 
a cane in my bag most of the time, just in case. But I basically never 
use it when I'm out and about with my dog.

An O&M instructor once adviced me to use the cane while getting on and 
off a train. But I quickly found that for me, it's much safer and easier 
to do it just with the dog. I don't know why, because technically it 
sounds reasonable to use the cane to find out how big the gap to the 
platform is and so on. But it just works better for me to follow the dog 
off and on the train.


Lisa
Am 29.08.2019 um 14:26 schrieb Melissa Allman via NAGDU:
> Hi Tarzan. This recently came up at a presentation I attended. In the early days of guide dog schools, people were taught to carry and use their canes for certain things while working with their dogs. Gradually that changed as infrastructure in the U.S. became more predictable. I am told that in Europe it is still more common to see people using their canes for specific things while working their dogs but others may have different information.
>
> Personally, I always try to carry a cane in my bag just in case I need it for some reason. Thanks for raising this interesting topic.
>
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> Subject: [NAGDU] Do you have a cane whet walking with a guide dog?
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> My name is Tarzan from Japan.
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> I have a question.
>
> Some users hava a cane when walking with a guide dog. Others not.
> Do you have a cane in such situation?
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