[access-uk] Re: Doping a guide dog?
- From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:22:44 -0000
Barry says:
" I'd be speaking quite forcefully to your trainer.
Your pup needs a bit of work on his right shoulder work here."
Not if the details Peter posted are correct.
Here is what peter did say:
*quote*
"The train is dead ahead so I tell my guide dog ... Forward Ernie, find the
door.
He moves forward and walks me right off the platform and I go crashing right
onto the tracks. Apparently Ernie had seen the doors alright, but the doors
he saw were on the train of the far platform, not any train dead ahead."
*end of quote*
If the edge of the platform was straight ahead, and if the guide dog
owner was to fall over that ege of platform, how come thee is no mention
of the dog going over as well?
As the dog is a step ahead of the blind person, the blind person would not
go over first, or alone, if both dog and blind person facing same way.
What should happen, as those with guide dog will know, if the dog is told
to go forward at edge of a platform, it should swing over to the right,
ie accords the blind person, so the dog is then on the side near the edge
of
platform.
Was there room for the dog to turn right?
I feel it's unfair to blame the dog automatically when things go wrong.
I sometimes fall over kerbs, when kerb is on my right side, but I accept
this as my fault as I have bad walking balance problem.
One last point that I think should also be taken into account.
If we accept drink (alcohol) and driving, is wrong, (not safe) should we
accept drinking (alcohol) and using guide dog is also risky.
Just as a a driver needs to have clear head to drive safely,
I suggest guide dog owners also needa clear head to use thier dogs
safely.
Regards, Derek
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