[NAGDU] "Well-trained"

[rainshadow]

hi tracy.

well said.  one of the keys for me working with a dog is to allow me that independance to go to new places and use the skills of the dog to find our wa arund.  

gary



On June 25, 2021 9:03:41 AM PDT, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>I think "well-trained" is affected by expectations.  
>
>To me, "well-trained" means a dog can work with a totally blind person,
>without sighted assistance, in a wide variety of situations and in
>areas the
>handler is not familiar with.  If it can do that, it is trained well
>enough
>to work with anyone.
>
>I get the impression sometimes that some trainers expect that the
>handler
>can see a bit, or will have sighted help available, or will not be
>going to
>unfamiliar areas without a sighted person along.  Any or all of these
>things
>may be true for some people, but by no means for all.  They certainly
>aren't
>true for me.
>
>One is an expectation that blind people lead limited, circumscribed
>lives,
>and the other is that we go out and do what we want to do, when we want
>to
>do it. JMO.
>
>Tracy
>
> 
>
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