Hi All,
I am on my second guide dog and love it. I am a very good cane
traveler and was initially hesitant about getting a dog. But I knew I
loved dogs and went and got one. After my first dog had to be retired,
I worked 25 years before I got another one. As before my first dog, I
was very comfortable with my cane. However, later my employment
required that I traveled to many different places in Chicago on a
daily basis. In 2013, I decided to get my second dog. She is a great
companion to pal around the city with. When she is retired, I will
certainly get another one.
Alllen
On 2/28/21, Angela Palmer <angelapalmer2012@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
I've had 5 guide dogs and have not regretted any of them. I can travel
much quicker with a dog vesus a cane. I can't just put my dog in a corner
and forget about him or her. I've had 1 golden retiever and 4 german
shepards. I wouldn't change it for anything. I like the companionship of
a guide dog.
Angela Palmer
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On Feb 28, 2021, at 8:49 AM, Les Fitzpatrick <lfitz50@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don’t in any way regret my attempt at a guide dog, matter of fact it was
great having a friend walk with you every day but the cane just works for
me better. I actually wish I had gotten him fifteen or twenty years ago,
then I think it would have been a great match.
Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
Ham call K5FPT
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Maria, it sounds like your decision is based on fear, anticipating what
may or may not happen. Mind yI don’t in any ou I’ve also chatted with
people who got a guide dog as an ice breaker to meet people. In one case,
the man admitted he just got one to meet the opposite sex. A older woman
had trouble meeting or interacting with people so too, got a guide dog.
Both dog and cane have there merits.
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yeah my family wants me to get a guide dog but I don't see that happening
for me. I really don't want to have to get denied from Ubers and stuff
like that. Plus I'm pretty good with my cane.
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On Feb 27, 2021, at 7:47 PM, David Diamond <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On a tech group the topic morphed into cane travel VS guide dog travel.
It got quite heated thus, I always couch my words. Yes, a guide dog is
not for everyone and we should never impose our opinion on anyone. We can
give advice of the pluses and minuses to both situations. However,
ultimately it is an individual decision. You never need to take your cane
out to go to the bathroom and no one will ever say they are allergic to
canes. Well, some nut may just to get attention. I got somewhat
frustrated with someone and told them, “I used to be allergic to
relationships but I got over it!” I know, not very sympathetic however,
it has been proven that if someone says they are afraid of dogs, they
don’t get as much of a listening audience, as they would if they say they
are allergic to dogs. Here’s something I was told and may get some
boiling. To take something for an allergic reaction causes side affects,
so some take nothing for their allergies. My rebuttal? Well, at least
you can take something for your allergies, we can take nothing for our
blindness.
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I’m not in any way opposed to guide dogs matter of fact I think they are
wonderful, but I am a verry good cane traveler and the dog just didn’t
work for me at all, but I have a friend who is also a very good cane
traveler and when he was 71 he decided to go and get a dog and the dog is
working for him just fine and he is doing well with the dog.
Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
Ham call K5FPT
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The one thing I don’t want to do is start a debate on which is better cane
traveling or using a guide dog. It is a personal decision. I’ve done
both and can go faster with a guide dog. Faster meaning moving faster
because I don’t have to worry about running into poles, garbage cans or
human obstacles. For the longest time I did not even use a mobility cane,
mainly because I was given a I D cane instead of a mobility cane, thus
found using a cane useless. I got the correct cane and because literarily
women were cutting in front of me and giving me dirty looks according to a
sighted person. I was encouraged to get a cane. Did it stop them from
cutting in front of me? No, but it made them look stupid when they gave
me dirty looks. Yes, some have almost tripped over my guide dog and one
even pushed him out of her way because she was in a hurry. I got my first
guide dog in 06, and would not change anything. Now, having said all of
this. Over the years there was one person who I would not give a guide dog
too. He admitted to crossing the street where ever he felt like and if a
car got in his way, he’d pound their hood or bonnet, depending on where
you live, with his cane. There was another yahoo who did the same with his
guide dog. He either hoped or felt people would stop. Eventually because
of his actions he got killed by a vehicle. Of all places to practice this
activity, New York I would suggest is the worst. As a side note, why he
was ever given a guide dog by the school, is a mystery. People don’t just
suddenly develop bad habits. In this case he was a senior citizen so
should have known better. We all make choices in life and have to live
with them. Where I draw the line is when they endanger another person or
animal because of their actions.
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Hi friends, my name is Lielle, and I am new here. I have a guide dog for
2 years and very happy with her. Her name is Fiona, and she's Labrador,
she's a big dog and i love to walk with her, she walk fast and I love
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ב-27 בפבר׳ 2021, בשעה 9:46, Joshua Hendrickson <louvins@xxxxxxxxx>
כתב/ה:
I really like dogs, we have two dogs in our family. I'd never get a
guide dog, because I don't have very good mobility skills. My dog
would have nothing to do if I did get one. However, I did visit the
Seeing Eye in New Jersey and that was very cool. It was very
different when I was with an instructor and he took my cane after
first walking a route. Then walking that same route with the dog. My
dog did walk rather fast. I'm glad I had the experience even to just
have walked a little with a guide dog.
On 2/27/21, Les Fitzpatrick <lfitz50@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My dog took me off the drop off it was about 3 feet. Fortunately I didn’t
hurt myself. He is no longer a guide dog but the puppy raiser’s pet
because
they tried him with another person and that didn’t work either and he was
so
stressed being a guide that it was effecting his health.
Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
Ham call K5FPT
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I remember when I was working with a bearded collie in an off leash park.
He had to be muzzled and leashed at all times. He was leash guiding me.
I
gave him the forward command and he wouldn’t move. To make a long story
short, if I went forward I would have encountered a 15 foot drop. It is
difficult at times to trust a dog if you are used to using a white cane.
I
also feel at times schools cut corners in training and hope the student
does
not know it or care. They are so grateful to get a dog from the school
and
in some ways, the schools promote that idea. BTW, that same Collie when I
strayed off the trail full of snow, gently guided me back on the trail,
nudging me to the right or gently pushing me to the left. It was ever so
subtle.
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I used a white cane for 50 plus years and I just couldn’t get to the
place
where I could trust him fully, and then he was bad about taking me where
there were steep drop offs and running me into stuff, so that didn’t
help.
Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
Ham call K5FPT
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Just curious, why do you not have a guide dog anymore? The person who
taught
me something about computers and helped me build my website had a guide
dog
for about a year then gave him back. The dog became aggressive. The
person
that had the guide dog admitted that the dog would creep up to the curbs
and the human like to race up to them and also the human was not a dog
person. Others had a mismatch, the dog walked fast and the human did
not,
the dog walked slow and the human walked fast. Although with my current
guide dog, he walked slow then gladly sped up to keep up to my pace. I
like
to say the shackles were removed from him and he could go the speed he
wanted, dancing around things rather then creeping around them. Of
course,
he matched my speed he does not race, just does not have the speed where
snails were passing him. LOL.
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I have a piano tuning and repair business. I go all over Vancouver wa.
And
Portland Oregon area and tune and repair pianos I love this business
because
I can make a lot of people happy and make there instruments sound good. I
have a wife and no other pets, although I did have a guide dog for a
couple
of months and I loved him and I am an amateur radio operator and I play a
5
string bass guitar, and I love working on things. I used to work on cars
but
I’m getting to old to do that any more. I also have 4 children six grand
children and one great grand child.
Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
Ham call K5FPT
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Well, I have a guide dog and a dog day care/boarding business. We board
dogs and day care them as well as ahave off leash dog runs on mountain
trails. To post things like that could be perceived as advertising. So
I
only post those stories about what happened on the trails with my guide
and
other dogs on the unofficial group for the school where I got him. Also
when posting to other guide dog groups, they too are quiet. Thus I don’t
post often.
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plus nobody posts in here except me when I get the latest from Top Tech
Tidbits on Thursdays.I need more people on here!
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On Feb 26, 2021, at 1:07 AM, David Diamond <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I just checked my junk folder on another matter and all messages to this
group since I joined went into my junk folder. I’ve since remedied that
I
hope.
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