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Subject: Re: RE:VIXEN IN DOGGIE LAND
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Date: 5 Nov 90 15:57:23 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hi Greg,

Yes Toby too, likes to play fetch and to jump and bounce and play
tug of war with me. I have been having some considerable
respiratory problems these last few days, so Toby has been on
somewhat of a vacation. I think I am going to need to force myself
to get him out to work a little though, so that he can use up some
of the energy he has so much of!

Things are going just fine though and Toby seems to have adjusted
to his new surroundings and my schedule, just fine. He seems to be
quite an adaptable puppy person! Thank goodness!

Yes, I would say that my traveling has changed since switching from
a cane to Toby the dog. As you know, I traveled quite well with a
cane and I could have probably done fine for the rest of my life as
a cane traveler. But having Toby, it is like moving up to a sports
car from a good old reliable family car. With Toby, I can travel
much faster and it is great to have his company and to talk to
when  I traveling around.

Even when I have nowhere to go, with Toby around, it makes me want
to take him out just for a walk around the neighborhood or to
explore new crooks and crannies! I never particularly felt like it
would be fun to take my cane for a walk for no reason!

Yes, I have for a fact found that people do treat me differently
and less like a blind person when I am out and around with my dog.
Can you imagine, I have actually met people who did not realize
that Toby was a guide dog and that I was blind, even with the dog
in harness and me with my big dark glasses on! I really liked
that.  In general, I would say that people seem to be treating a
bit more like any other person instead of a blind person.

Of course, I have met a few rather weird people too, but for the
most part, my experience with other people are in the positive.

Toby is really super!

Keepin' the faith!

.                          Vixen

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