# What do blind people do when ...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-blind-people-do-when/255109
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 14, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-blind-people-do-when/255109 "2004-07-14T17:44:22Z")
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### Author:  [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-blind-people-do-when/255109/1 "2004-07-14T17:44:22Z")
:dubious:
A few doggie threads made me stop to think…
I know that guide dogs make it easier for blind people to get along, and I really should ask my uncle John what he does but I am not sure that he could answer…
But…
When you are alone, and blind with a service dog, how do you clean up after they crap, and how can you tell where to take them to crap…? Especially if you are not at home, or in a strange part of town/traveling…? I know that the people get a lot of training in working with their dogs, but I am just wondering…
And I just saw an assistance cockatoo=) The person is epileptic, and the bird can alert when a siezure is coming along…NEAT =)
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### Author:  [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-blind-people-do-when/255109/2 "2004-07-14T18:25:29Z")
A partial answer: [Who picks up after guide dogs for the blind?](http://www.sdreader.com/php/ma_show.php3?id=041300D)
As for how to find a place to walk the dog, I imagine you just ask, like anyone else would when you don’t know where to fo.