[NAGDU] researching about getting a guide dog

[andrew edgcumbe]

I to love dogs as well.  I have gotten o and m from cnib as i am from
canada but they would not give me anymore at this time because of
their contract with school students were more their pryority that said
I did learn root 2 or 3 roots when i had them and i did eventually
start to get somebody that is a non o and m instructor to help me
start to learn my way to some other places and stuff i can pretty much
travel some of main street as i wouldn't stop learning my way even
with or with out instructor.

On 12/27/19, Cindy Ray via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Well, I got a dog because it was beginning to hurt my right hand to use a
> cane. At first I wasn't comfortable with the dog, for people decided the
> dog
> made me more independent. These people had no idea what I had been doing. I
> got rather sick of people wanting to pet, wanting to talk to the dog,
> alking
> about the dog being my eyes, and acting as if the dog's ability to see made
> it my superior. Gradually, I came to enjoy using my dogs until the last
> one.
> I had some problems with it wanting to hassle other dogs. Then I got
> refused
> a ride in an Uber. The driver was too cowardly to face me; he just saw the
> dog and drove off. I decided that I would just as soon kiss the whole
> hassle
> goodbye and going back to using a cane.
> I went back to using a cane. Then people started rushing to tell me I was
> going to run into something when my cane would touch it and on and on. I
> came to realize through all this that using the dog and using the cane each
> had its own set of issues. Then I cane to realize I was missing using a
> dog.
> The main two reasons are that I just love dogs and I walk straighter with a
> dog. I had thought I wouldn't get another dog because I'm getting old and
> was having trouble walking; now I am still getting old and having less
> trouble walking, so I am considering getting another. I haven't applied
> just
> yet because my last dog, when I retired it, I decided to keep. I had given
> the others away. I have now decided that I will most likely apply for
> another dog, but I will wait until this dog has died. He is 13.5 years old
> and still going strong, though there are subtle changes in him that are
> likely increasing.
> If I were going to apply to a school, I would learn much about what the dog
> training school has to offer you with regard to dogs first. Then I would
> talk to the ones I favored most concerning whether they have a mobility
> program. Also, while I was researching, I might find another way to get
> some
> O&M Skills.
> I hope this makes sense.
> Cindy Lou Ray
> cindyray at gmail.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of andrew edgcumbe via
> NAGDU
> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2019 9:52 PM
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> Cc: andrew edgcumbe <rollercoasterman86 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NAGDU] researching about getting a guide dog
>
> Hi  I am just researching about the idea of getting a guide dog. I know it
> may or  may not be for everybody in a sence because of work involved. I
> like to hear about people's experiences and ask questions. I  know it is
> not
> for everybody but how do you really know for sure weather it is for you or
> not for you you might think as a non guide dog user that it may be an
> option
> but in a sence  may not fully realize what is involved.  I have been
> suggested by it i has been suggested by other people i should consider it
> and stuff like that in the past and think it would be good idea for me.
> but
> in last week or so I decided to start looking into it all on my own. I know
> you do need good o and m skills. i can walk at least 2 or 3 roots myself.
> What is your experience been like with a guide dog would you reckommend
> thatdog to those who feel like it would be an option to them?  Would you
> feel a guide dog has made you even more independent
> over time did you find you were less independent without one?   like
> could you compair if it made a difference or not in your life as a blind
> person.  and if you have a guide dog why did you even consider getting one?
>
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