[nagdu] Guide dog dragged from SkyTrain sufferedserious injuries

[Marsha Drenth]

List,

Living in the northeast, I ride trains a lot. This is how I work my pup on
the train. There is not enough room between the isle to work her. So I will
just heal her. When I am going to get off the train, I walk up to the door
of the train, feel with my feet, to where the edge is. With our trains there
is usually a 4 to 6 inch gap between the train and the platform. So with one
foot, I step over first, and then over with my other foot. Then I let Emma
come over. I have fallen in between the platform and train, it is very scary
and painful. When I worked with a SE person, they said this was the best way
to do it. Once off the train completely, me and pup, then I pick up the
handle of my harness and go. If there are stairs down to the platform, I go
down first. I always hold on to the train, rail of the stairs with one hand
with the leash in it too. 

That is just the way I do it. I am sure there will be others who have other
ways of doing the train thing, so I like to hear how they do it too. 

Marsha



-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Dan Weiner
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 12:12 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide dog dragged from SkyTrain sufferedserious
injuries

Well, guys, as usual, when anything happens to one of our brother or sister
guide dog users, our fellow blind cast blame.
Some of the comments by fellow listers seem to confirm that unfortunate
trend.
I think what I want to say on this issue is that I feel so sad that this
happened.Here's how I think it could have happened...maybe.
I've bee on trains and subways and there's a gap.  Since working the dog off
would mean me having to jump,  I've let my dog get off first and then I
followed.
I don't know if I'd do it quite that way after reading this article about
such a tragic event.

A mishap and a horrible one.

I know if this happened to me, God forbid a million times,  I'd be
absolutely in a state of stunned horror for a very long time.

So,  what do people who use trains and subways regularly do when they
disembark, or when they get on for that matter.
I've either done the thing I described or worked the dog off depending on
what I know about the platform and gap.

Dan W. and the Carter Nut



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