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The Two-in-one : Walking With Smokie, Walking With Blindness Animals, Culture, and Society
author
:
Michalko, Rod.
publisher
:
Temple University Press
isbn10 | asin
:
1566396492
print isbn13
:
9781566396493
ebook isbn13
:
9780585364179
language
:
English
subject
Guide dogs, Blindness--Psychological aspects, Blind--Orientation and mobility.
publication date
:
1999
lcc
:
HV1780.M53 1998eb
ddc
:
362.4/183
subject
:
Guide dogs, Blindness--Psychological aspects, Blind--Orientation and mobility.
Page i
The Two-In-One
Walking with Smokie, Walking with Blindness
Page ii
In the series Animals, Culture, and Society, edited by Clinton R. Sanders and Arnold Arluke
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The Two-In-One
Walking with Smokie, Walking with Blindness
Rod Michalko
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Temple University Press, Philadelphia 19122 Copyright 1999 by Temple University Press All rights reserved Published 1999
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Michalko, Rod. 1946 The two-in-one : walking with Smokie, walking with blindness / Rod Michalko. p. cm. (Animals, culture, and society) Includes bibliographical references (p. 219) and index. ISBN 1-56639-648-4 (alk. paper). ISBN 1-56639-649-2 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Guide dogs. 2. BlindnessPsychological aspects. 3. BlindOrientation and mobility. I. Title. II. Series. HV 1780.M53 1998 362.4'183dc21 98-20119 CIP
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For Smokie For Cassis, Jessie, and Sugar For Bess and Jennie
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Chapter 1 Introduction
1
Chapter 2 Search for a Guide
11
Chapter 3 Is that one of those blind dogs?
41
Chapter 4 The Grace of Teaching
84
Chapter 5 The Power of Reputation
125
Chapter 6 Feel Free to Ask
152
Chapter 7 The Two-In-One
172
Epilogue
189
Notes
211
Bibliography
219
Index
225
Page ix
Acknowledgments
The writing of this book was inspired by my experience with my dog guide, Smokie. Soon after meeting him in April, 1993, I realized that Smokie was giving me a great deal more than safe and efficient mobility. He gave me a different way to understand my blindness, a unique "look" at my world and he gave me a sense that blindness meant something more than the inability to see. This book is my attempt to capture the story of blindness as it came to me through the harness Smokie wears when he guides me.
I am especially indebted to Clint Sanders. He encouraged me to submit a manuscript for consideration for inclusion in a project on the human/non-human animal relationship which he was working on together with,Temple University Press. Clint read drafts of chapters and provided me with insightful comments and suggestions throughout the writing of this book. Most
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importantly, Clint demonstrated an unequalled sensitivity to the particular relationship I have with Smokie and to the need to see the lessons inherent in this relationship.
I am also indebted to Janet Francendese, Editor-in-Chief of Temple University Press. Her comments on a draft of the first chapter I wrote were extremely helpful. I found our telephone conversations to be a special source of encouragement. Suzanne Wolk surpassed all my expectations of a copyeditor; she made me a much better writer and for this I am very grateful. I am indebted to Gord Taylor for patiently transcribing the mumblings from my dictaphone.
Spencer Cahill read my manuscript and provided a detailed and remarkably insightful evaluation. His comments were compelling and my book has taken on a richness because of them. I am extremely grateful for this.
My partner Dr. Tanya Titchkosky was an unending source of inspiration and encouragement throughout the writing of this book. As a sociologist, she read drafts with a critical eye and provided me with suggestions which are now woven throughout the pages of this book. Perhaps more than anyone else, Tanya knows what Smokie means to me. She also knows how important it was for me to write this book. We spent many hours discussing the value of writing a book that combines and integrates personal experience with sociological analysis. Most importantly, Tanya shared in the love that grew between Smokie and me and she continually taught me that this love releases the beginnings of a profound understanding of the mysterious relationship which exists between animals and people.
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