Hi Lisa, Good question. I used to always carry a folding cane with me. I did it in part cuz I did not yet totally believe that a dog would do all the stuff a cane does and so much more. But, I did find it useful to check the height of curb, or a real narrow area. I probably should still carry one for checking out an area where the dog doesn't want to go. But, because of back problems, I limit what I carry. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa" <lison1273@xxxxxxxx> To: "seeing eye-l" <seeingeye-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 1:32 PM Subject: (VICT) question Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello everyone, I had a question for all of you. Do you carry a folding = or telescoping cane with you at all times and if so why or why not? Lisa