[misc.handicap] CANES VERSU

Vixen@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org (Vixen) (11/05/90)

Index Number: 11528

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hi Willie,

Well, by now you have already begun your training with your new
dogger, but I will write anyway, since youi said something about
maybe getting a chance to "check in!"

I realize that I am one of the newer dog users and so some may
think what I feel and have to say, does not hold as much credence
as the old hands, but I will say amen to your response to my
letter.

I may be a newer dog user, but I did do one hell of a lot of
research and talking to people for almost a year before I went to
school, including dog users, dog schools, Four H people and all
sorts of others.

While I must keep my ears open to what more experienced users like
Walter have to say and admit, as I already have, that there are
exceptions to all things, that the average profile of the good dog
users was not of someone with poor mobility and cane travel and
lacking of self confidence, it has been quite the opposite.

The only dog users I have seen that really fit this negative
profile were the ones who dropped out of dog schools, those who got
the dog and found more responsibility than was anticipated, those
who were unable to make it into a school, those who had other
attendent problems that made using a dog a rather difficult
problem. And those I have met this past year or more who were
really not so good with mobility and cane technique and self
confidence, also tended not to be the better dog usres.

I am afraid that I will have to see some real concrete evidence
thar "many" dog users are dog users because they had no self
confidence, were bad cane users or had terrible mobility in
general. Again, I am not speaking in ultimates here, just that I
put a lot of time in research and study before deciding to try to
make it as a dog user as well as going through my own class and
becoming one (Albeit, a new one) and I still say this negative
profile is not evidenced in large numbers.

Willie, how you get six punds of poop in a five pound bag is to
stuff it in there boy! I will be anxiously awaiting word from you
and wish you a great class and a wonderful new friend!

Keepin' the faith!

.                       Vixen

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