[NAGDU] stairs and guide dogs question

[Dan Weiner]

Hello, Afik, I think maybe I spoke to you once on skype, not sure.

Well I have heard of guide dogs being trained to walk on the right, at 
least one of the schools here does this, and I  know the others will if 
necessary,  any of that type of adaptations is called "special needs" 
here and several training facilities do it.I know of course, nothing 
about what the Israeli programs do. I've also heard of people with CP  
using guide dogs and the school   adapts  the harness  in some way so 
that they could use it with their  weaker hand, So yes I've heard of it 
and I think you would have to mention it to your training organization 
or at least mention that you have a problem with your left hand. A Also, 
I'm not sure what you'd like to know about having a guide dog, such a 
vast question but I for one am glad to tell you anything you want to 
know, right to us publicly here, or to me privately: 
dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net. or we could use some social media like whats app, 
skype or messenger, up to you.


Of course remember one thing, we guide dog users are a little like 
drunks in a bar--smile we have very strong opinions and each one of us 
seems to think that he/she is right, and so on--smile. so take all the 
opinions and come to your own conclusion and hopefully you'll get your 
own doggie at some point and then you can be the one who tells us things.


I'm Dan from Florida, age forty-nine, can't believe it--lol, I've had 
four guide dogs..I'm totally blind and I am deaf in the left ear, 
fortunately the right ear does a good job.


Yours most sincerely,

Dan


On 2/21/2019 1:40 AM, Afik Souffir via NAGDU wrote:
>
> Hello all.
> My name is Afik souffir from Israel. I wrote to here one time and didn't get
> any response, except one.
> I'm 20 years old, and I have cp in my left hand.
> I want to know if guide dog can go in the right side? Is there an option to
> train the dog to walk on the right side?
>
> I want to hear, also the exprince to be with a guide dog.
>
> Afik.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Yiska via NAGDU
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 2:24 AM
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> Cc: Yiska‏ <ichoosechrist2 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] stairs and guide dogs question
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> My dog naturally pointed out the railing so I do both railing and guiding.
> Yiska
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 17:21 Madison Martin via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all, Whenever I go up/down stairs, I allways hang on to the
>> railing. So, I was just wondering, do you guys do this when working
>> your guides, or do you just hang onto them and let them guide you? Just
> curious that's all.
>> Look forward to hearing back from you guys!! Thanks
>>
>> Madison
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