Gary wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> wrote:
> >
> > Listen, remember the pics you posted about your animals? Instead of
> > trying to pick on me you'd do better doing some housework making
> > your place more easily navigable for a blind dog.
>
> If she changed her household, the blind dog(s) would have to readjust.
> I'll bet they are just fine with no changes.
>
> If my electricity goes off at night, I can easily navigate to the
> kitchen (and all over) in the pitch dark. I know where every bit of
> furniture is and by walking carefully, I could live here being blind.
> Just don't rearrange things though.
>
> I often leave for work in the early morning dark. I turn off my
> kitchen light, yell a goodbye to the ferret, then navigate to the
> front door.
>
> :-D
Yup. Iowna (I have one blind dog, the other and the cat are sighted)
just 'bumpilates' along. Like we would put put out a hand walking in
total dark to make sure we were where we though, she gently sniffs and
bumps her head to check 'yup, that that the book shelf, next is the
lazy boy chair (bump) and there it is now turn left and the fridge is
there and then the water bowl just past it'. Not all blind dogs bump
all the time, they get past it but the common is for them to feel about
to verify position.
Now if we could just convince HER to not move stuff? At night she is
apt to want more or less ceiling fan so grabs the kitty bed and drags
it around to where she wants it. This can be up to 10 feet from normal
spot...
Carol
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