This was so interesting! I actually am with my third Seeing Eye dog from The Seeing Eye (the oldest of the guide dog schools). I also have mild, hemiplegic cerebral palsy on my right side. When I applied for my 1st dog, 20 years ago, I actually requested to work the dog on my right so my good hand could be free. Previous to getting a guide, I had to switch my cane to my cp hand which has no fine motor and can only grasp, to do anything. After I started working my dogs though I was able to manipulate objects eith my good hand snd the GDMIs (Guide Dog mobility Instructors) actually commented thet my limp was much reduced snd my gait was way better. For me my Seeing Eye dogs have been as beneficial mitigating my cp as they have my visual impairment.
Yes!! Arson does many leading tasks for my autism or when I have a migraine, but I’m not blind or visually impaired so he’s not a guide dog. I love this video!
Omg I think you pulled a photo of Haben Girma, a deaf blind ICON (and lawyer). If anyone needs a good read about blind people with other disabilities her memoir is fantastic
I found this to be a very interesting Video. I’ve never heard the difference broken down like this and think that you did a very good job of explaining the similarities as well as the distinctions. I am visually impaired and my dog is from a guide dog organization, I personally don’t mind if other people use the word guide when describing tasks their dog performs, but definitely think it’s important to highlight the difference you mentioned about Guide Dog being trained to take their handler around obstacles and indicate environmental hazards and changes without having the handler give them information based on visual environmental cues, as compared to handlers using guide tasks for reasons beside vision loss who would be able to give them a visual cues.
I can see fine (outside of using glaases for nesr sightedness). However I do have medical conditions that not only can cause me to become dizzy or disoriented, but can also mess with my vision during a medical episode, where i either temporarily loose part or all of my vision. My service dog is not only trained for light mobility work, but is trained for some guide tasks to help guide me if i am already standing up /walking when a medical episode hits because i will struggle to see.
I have a service dog who I’m currently training for psychiatric, medical, and mobility. I have a question that I don’t remember if you answered in the video but here it is. Can my service dog be a guide dog if when I dissociate or get really stressed (I have autism so it usually is sensory overload) when that happens, things go very blurry for me and it makes it really hard to see and sometimes I end up running into things. We’re teaching my service dog to find exits or find a family member when this happens so does all this like qualify as guide dog stuff? Sorry if I missed the point of the whole video 😂 I have a hard time understanding things 😂 Oh and when I’m stressed not only do I stop being able to see clearly at all but I also start seeing things that aren’t there like a chair or person so it’s hard to navigate sometimes
Not the poster, but I am a disability rights lawyer. Is there some reason you feel you need or want your dog to be classified as a guide dog? You can take your service dog around with you the same way a blind handler can take a guide dog. The only advantage I know of is if you want a dog trained by a guide dog organization. But if you already have a dog, you can train it to do any tasks you want. Guide dogs were the original protected service dog, but these days all kinds of service dogs and their handlers get the same protections as far as I know.
@@paulatobler8354 Can she be called a guide dog as well as her other areas of work? I know her being called a guide dog doesn’t really do anything other than another title but I was just wondering if she can be a guide dog for myself since I have POTS and autism so sometimes I get very dizzy and I can start running into things or everything goes black for a while
This was so interesting! I actually am with my third Seeing Eye dog from The Seeing Eye (the oldest of the guide dog schools). I also have mild, hemiplegic cerebral palsy on my right side.
When I applied for my 1st dog, 20 years ago, I actually requested to work the dog on my right so my good hand could be free. Previous to getting a guide, I had to switch my cane to my cp hand which has no fine motor and can only grasp, to do anything.
After I started working my dogs though I was able to manipulate objects eith my good hand snd the GDMIs (Guide Dog mobility Instructors) actually commented thet my limp was much reduced snd my gait was way better.
For me my Seeing Eye dogs have been as beneficial mitigating my cp as they have my visual impairment.
Yes!! Arson does many leading tasks for my autism or when I have a migraine, but I’m not blind or visually impaired so he’s not a guide dog. I love this video!
He's such a hard worker and incredible dog! :)
Great video you explain it very well. I am on the waiting list to get a guide dog. Thank you for making a video like this. You’re awesome.💜🌻👩🦯
Omg I think you pulled a photo of Haben Girma, a deaf blind ICON (and lawyer). If anyone needs a good read about blind people with other disabilities her memoir is fantastic
I found this to be a very interesting Video. I’ve never heard the difference broken down like this and think that you did a very good job of explaining the similarities as well as the distinctions. I am visually impaired and my dog is from a guide dog organization, I personally don’t mind if other people use the word guide when describing tasks their dog performs, but definitely think it’s important to highlight the difference you mentioned about Guide Dog being trained to take their handler around obstacles and indicate environmental hazards and changes without having the handler give them information based on visual environmental cues, as compared to handlers using guide tasks for reasons beside vision loss who would be able to give them a visual cues.
I can see fine (outside of using glaases for nesr sightedness).
However I do have medical conditions that not only can cause me to become dizzy or disoriented, but can also mess with my vision during a medical episode, where i either temporarily loose part or all of my vision.
My service dog is not only trained for light mobility work, but is trained for some guide tasks to help guide me if i am already standing up /walking when a medical episode hits because i will struggle to see.
while watching this my black lab/void SDit is also suckling on her blanket, almost synced up with Dizzy!
I have a service dog who I’m currently training for psychiatric, medical, and mobility. I have a question that I don’t remember if you answered in the video but here it is. Can my service dog be a guide dog if when I dissociate or get really stressed (I have autism so it usually is sensory overload) when that happens, things go very blurry for me and it makes it really hard to see and sometimes I end up running into things. We’re teaching my service dog to find exits or find a family member when this happens so does all this like qualify as guide dog stuff? Sorry if I missed the point of the whole video 😂 I have a hard time understanding things 😂
Oh and when I’m stressed not only do I stop being able to see clearly at all but I also start seeing things that aren’t there like a chair or person so it’s hard to navigate sometimes
Not the poster, but I am a disability rights lawyer. Is there some reason you feel you need or want your dog to be classified as a guide dog? You can take your service dog around with you the same way a blind handler can take a guide dog. The only advantage I know of is if you want a dog trained by a guide dog organization. But if you already have a dog, you can train it to do any tasks you want. Guide dogs were the original protected service dog, but these days all kinds of service dogs and their handlers get the same protections as far as I know.
@@paulatobler8354 Can she be called a guide dog as well as her other areas of work? I know her being called a guide dog doesn’t really do anything other than another title but I was just wondering if she can be a guide dog for myself since I have POTS and autism so sometimes I get very dizzy and I can start running into things or everything goes black for a while