[access-uk] Re: Guide Dpog complaints
- From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 18:08:51 -0000
Derek
I had a guide dog and a sighted guide on Saturday as we negotiated very
difficult conditions in Oxford Street, London. Nobody could have imagined
what we had to do. The roads were blocked off. I was instructing my
sighted guide to go (as I had been instructed by Travel Mentoring
(apparently an organisation which supports disabled people in terms of
advice as to the best routes to take when using public transport). I had
been given their professional advice, not obviously planned from the
perspective of the giver of the advice doing the route, but sitting in an
office and telling me what to do. There were so many pedestrians leading up
to Christmas and we were all having to pass each other in a very narrow
area. When someone walked in to my guide dog, my friend politely asked the
person to 'take care' and pointed to Neela, sayhing 'watch the guide dog, we
do not want her trampled upon. Now his reaction was that of anger and he
retorted in his best middle-class English accent 'The dog walked in to ome,
not me in to the dog'! It is fair to say that one would not expose a guide
dog to potentially dangerous environments but we had not expected to find
roads cordoned off preventing us from crossing the road and narrowing the
walkway. End story was with my friend and sighted guide we were actually
forced into the very busy Charring Cross Road in London with buses, taxis,
cars, motor cyclists etc etc so we had to take a deep breath, move quickly
and trust that we would not be 'all three' knocked down. I would avoid very
busy areas myself if I thought Neela would be 'at risk' but that said, she
is a young and newly trained guide dog and ready to accept all challenges
having received a very high standard of guide training.
Eleanor & Neela
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:09 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Guide Dpog complaints
Hi Jackie
You said:
"if GDBA are suggesting to Andy that he shouldn't go into Glasgow at this
time of year with his dog, then I have to ask myself what the purpose of
having a dog is?"
Let me put it another way.
If a blind person has had mobility training with a long cane,
does that always mean that person can *always* manage with very
busy conditions. No
It's just same with a guide dog.
Not all guide dog owners can safely manage very busy conditions.
GDBA has obviously considered safety, when giving Andy advice.
And it's advice, not an order.
Regards, Derek
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