Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod!think.com!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!203!999!Dan.Kysor
From: Dan.Kysor@f999.n203.z1.fidonet.org (Dan Kysor)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: guide dogs
Message-ID: <16894@bunker.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 91 21:34:11 GMT
Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP
Reply-To: Dan.Kysor@f999.n203.z1.fidonet.org
Distribution: misc
Organization: FidoNet node 1:203/999 - The California Hot , Sacramento Ca
Lines: 22
Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP

Index Number: 12959

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

hi there shawn.  i've been to both guide dogs for the blind and the seeing 
eye.  there are about 4 or 5 other schools which are equally excellent 
throughout the country.  i am on my fourth guide dog and have been using them 
for many years.  as for your using a dog in high school you need to determine  
how much you will be using the dog.  will you be walking to school?  are the 
halls in your high school really crowded?  there are some situations such as 
crowded halls where it might be more practical to use a cane.  it is 
reccomended by many guide dog schools that you need to work the dog at least 
1.5 to 2 miles per day.  also, you need to be very careful in high school to 
avoid letting the dog become a mascot.  this occurs often to many college 
students.  the decision, however, must be yours and must be thought out 
logically.  i hope i've been a little help to you.  you might see if there is 
a guide dog user's group in your area or at least visit a couple of guide dog 
users... dan & drummer- hop up is just a figment of your imagination!

--
Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!203!999!Dan.Kysor
Internet: Dan.Kysor@f999.n203.z1.fidonet.org