[nagdu] EXTERNAL: Places A Guide Dog Can't Go-- Commercial Kitchens

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Elizabeth. 
Could you put him in a crate while you were cooking? 
I say this not having any clue as to what your days would be like or if
you could or would want to stop your duties to tend to your dog. 
Your second option would be to not have a dog during that phase of your
life. As with all things, you need to decide what you want for yourself
right now. Do you want to cook, and will you look back and think "I
would have loved to do this". Only you can know that.  If it helps any,
I don't think it matters one way or the other to our dogs. They adjust
easily. Humans have the harder time of it from an emotional perspective.
As someone who doesn't have a dog now, I am surprised at how much I am
enjoying this phase of my life sans dog. I won't have a young family
forever, and my ability to have a family is driven by finances, biology,
having a willing partner and a few other things. This isn't true for
using a dog, i could get one at any age. I'd suggest you look into what
cooking would require from you and see if it is what you want to do.
Your dog won't spend any time thinking of you, they love us in the
moment. Knowing this can help guide you. 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Elizabeth Rene
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 2:10 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: EXTERNAL:[nagdu] Places A Guide Dog Can't Go-- Commercial
Kitchens

I'm glad someone brought up the idea of a guide dog user working in a 
commercial kitchen.

I've cooked in church kitchens and, for several months, in the kitchen
and 
bakery of a Christian service community in the South that fed luncheon 
guests every day and shipped confections nation-wide.  While working, I
left 
my guide dog in my living quarters, which were just steps away from the 
kitchen.  I didn't feel the kitchen was a safe place for my dog, and the

bakery, which we swept every day because nuts and candy could fall to
the 
floor, was too much of a potential temptation.  It was also federally 
inspected for health hazards on a regular basis, and I, a volunteer and 
guest, didn't want to jeopardize the bakery's functioning by having a
dog 
there in case an inspector walked in unannounced.

I loved those cooking experiences, and have often thought such work
would be 
a great way to help defray the cost of post-graduate study.  Friends
have 
even encouraged me to go to culinary school.  But I don't know what I'd
do 
with my dog during work hours.  I wouldn't want to leave him
unsupervised 
for long periods or where others could interfere with him.

Any suggestions?

Elizabeth





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