[nagdu] Treatment of People with Guide Dogs

[Larry D. Keeler]

Nicole, I think the issue is that people don't really understand the 
partnership of dog and handler. Its hard to veiw the dog as a tool as well 
as a dog. Conversly, its hard for some folks to veiw blind folks as whole 
folks. Most issues are caused by folks who iether find the dog the 
intelligent one or think its a glorified pet. They want the dog to have more 
rights than the handler does! I sure don't know why? Given the fact that 
shepherds in the police department for example, are veiwed more as tools 
than our dogs are. I have seen many of those dogs who are just as friendly 
as any others but folks give them a lot more respect than they do ours.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:42 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Treatment of People with Guide Dogs


> Some of the recent threads have made me think of something kind of
> interesting. No, you don't interact with someone who has a guide dog the
> same way that you interact with someone who has a cane, but, if people 
> would
> treat us more like we were using canes instead of dogs, we would not have 
> as
> many problems. For example, some people have problems with people trying 
> to
> give their dog directions. When someone has a cane instead of a dog, this
> problem does not happen. The same goes for interacting with the dog. You
> don't hear about people messing with canes as often as you hear about 
> people
> messing with dogs. What do people think of this?
>
> Nicole
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