Where can i get a seeing eye dog and can i train my own dog?

Question

i have serious problems with my vision and i'm pretty sure im going to go completely blind in about a year or two and should i be doing some kind of therapy now before it happens like a class or learning braille?

Answer 1

see a doctor immediately

Answer 2

The best thing to do is to contact an organization that works with seeing dogs and ask them about it. http://www.seeingeye.org/ is one of those. They'll know if you can train your own dog or if you need to get a new dog, they'll also know what kind of training a dog will need.

You should ask your doctor if he/she knows of any groups that focusing on helping people that's going blind. Either as support groups or groups that teaches you about the things you might want to think of before the fact. I'm sure there are many things that you can do to make life easier. I often see notes and such in the waiting room at the hospital from groups that helps people with different conditions. Perhaps you could find something that way? Or by asking the nurses, I often find that the nurses is a better source of information than the doctors.

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One more link for a seeing dog organization.

http://www.eyedogfoundation.org/