[access-uk] Re: Guide Dpog complaints

  • From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 06:40:10 -0000

Hi Peter,

Neither does a roller tip if you use it right.

All the best

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Peter Beasley
Sent: Wednesday 3 December 2008 23:07
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Guide Dpog complaints

A long cane with a jumbo tip does not get stuck in pavements.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 6:20 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Guide Dpog complaints


> Interesting one Jackie.  Now I am of the opposite view point.  I hate a 
> white stick, it gets stuck in the pavement and above all I feel 'blind' 
> with it.  My Guide Dog is my eyes and that is for true.
>
> Eleanor
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:03 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Guide Dpog complaints
>
>
>> So you wear a heavy coat for the winter, and a lighter one in the
>> summer.  You have an evening bag to go out somewhere special (least I
>> do), and an ordinary bag for day-to-day purposes.  Now you need a guide
>> dog for the city, and perhaps another dog with a  different temperament
>> for more sedate strolls?  You're having a laugh!! (chuckle).
>>
>> Frankly, it's why I would never ever have another guide dog if I were
>> paid millions, because there are too many rules and regulations, and the
>> dog always seems to be right in the eyes of the Association, not the
>> owner.  I've heard time and again from people that the standard of dog
>> training has dropped.  Each to their own, of course, but give me the
>> white cane any day of the week.
>>
>>
>> Jackie Cairns
>> Braille Support Adviser
>> Email: Jackie.Cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sight and Sound Technology
>> Welton House North Wing
>> Summerhouse Road
>> Moulton Park
>> Northampton
>> NN3 6WD
>> Telephone: 01604 798024
>> Fax: 01604 798090
>> Web: www.sightandsound.co.uk
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of Derek Hornby
>> Sent: 03 December 2008 11:38
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Guide Dpog complaints
>>
>> Hi Andy
>> You A did say  and I quote:
>>
>> "each of us are a credit to  the organization,"
>>
>> So no problems then!
>>
>>
>> "So people like me, who have a little peripheral vision, are walking
>> about  with dogs, which can in a flick of a second, get us killed."
>>
>> But those people witn  no sight at all, must surely be at more risk!
>>
>> i feel the mista\ke you have made is to make  threats.
>> I mean you  said you:
>>
>> "Made a lot of noise  and threats about seeing a lawyer"
>>
>> In another post you said you were told:
>>
>> "it was not quite a good idea to take my dog into Glasgow during the
>> festive season stating that the streets were very busy at this time of
>> the year."
>>
>> Well given GDBA said that, I feel that's  proof they are taking your
>> safety  seriously.
>>
>> If they feel you are not able  to manage  very busy  conditions, they
>> will not recommend you do it.
>>
>> Regards,  Derek
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