[AG-EQ] hello to all

[James K]

glad to have you on the list.
what about dog-walking or pet sitting to get animal exposure and also make some money?

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> On Nov 27, 2023, at 2:31 PM, Madison Martin via AG-EQ <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> My name is Madison Martin, I'm 23, have been totally blind since birth and live
> in Manitoba Canada (hope it's okay that I'm on the list...) with my parents,
> younger sister, two cats and a dog. I've always been a huge animal lover; I used
> to love reading animal books but now I'm more into non-fiction sports books as
> I'm also a huge sports fan (really wish there was a chat list for sports fans)
> but I still love collecting hard animal figurines though I'm very picky about
> them being very realistic. In addition to taking riding lessons my dad and I
> love going to our local dog/horse shows to wander around and meet animals; it's
> a dream of mine to have and show my own dog someday but I'm not sure if that'll
> ever happen as there aren't really any show breeders of my two favourite breeds
> and when I've tried contacting breeders farther away they either think they're
> too far away to be able to help me or plain don't think I can show even though I
> know I can as people with disabilities are allowed to have someone help them.
> It's also my dream to have a career that involves working hands-on with animals
> but so far I'm not having any luck as sighted people can do it because of the
> safety factor but I strongly believe that I can as there are work-arounds and
> I've been told before that I'm good with animals. If I can't do that then I want
> a job where I can work alone as I'm very much an introvert and quite frankly
> hate dealing with/being around people with the exception of the special ones in
> my life; if it were up to me I'd just spend basically all my time with just
> animals. I've tried volunteering at our local humane society but of course that
> was a no-go too because of safety concerns. Sorry for such a long message and
> not much of it had to do with agriculture/equestrian but I don't have a lot to
> say about that though both of my parents grew up on a farm and had animals but
> hope you enjoyed reading it.
> Madison
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AG-EQ <ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Nella Foster via AG-EQ
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2023 9:45 AM
> To: 'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List' <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: jellybeanfarm at gmail.com
> Subject: [AG-EQ] hello to all
> 
> It is so funny to have some activity on this list after all these years.
> 
> 
> 
> I wonder how many people are still signed up?
> 
> 
> 
> There used to be an agriculture and equestrian division in the NFB, but I think
> it dissolved many years ago.
> 
> 
> 
> Can everyone please introduce themselves and tell about their interests?
> 
> 
> 
> Nella
> 
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