on the subject of entitlement within the blind community
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Matthew Jon Moran
Quinton Williams
Any good guide dog handler also knows that the dog is not a replacement for a cane. Just to be clear, I do agree that this is a huge issue, but it does inconvenience people who do take care of their dogs and need to get around.
Quinton Williams
Of course that isn't at all to say this isn't a problem. The entitlement from some of these people is unreal. The fact is, taking service animals is part of the contract when they sign on. Ideally, they should be able to choose whether or not to take dogs, and the rider can specify whether or not they do have them as a possible solution?
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Quinton Williams
Okay, but this same argument could be made for pickking up people from bars and having them throw up in the car too.
Matthew Jon Moran
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Ivan S
1000 percent agree with this. Finally blind people with some common sense!
Matthew Jon Moran
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Allie Turner
I 100 percent agree with both of you. And these are just some of the reasons why I won't ever get a guide dog. Plus, I'm not an animal person, never have been, and probably never will be. I feel like you have to be an animal person to have a guide dog. Plus, you have to take care of it just like a regular dog. I also think if it's working one day, and it sees something and gets distracted, that's not good. I mean, I'm sure guide gogs are trained very well and what not, but I also think that anything can happen, and they can get distracted and run off, or something like that. But that's just my opinions.
Matthew Jon Moran