[blparent] Guide dog questions

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

To tell the truth, Jodie, it might work better to train while your daughter 
is young.  Mine's five years old now, and my dog is twelve and needing to 
retire.  The thought of leaving her for two or three weeks to train is not a 
pleasant one for either of us.  Her dad could handle the basics, but she'd 
eat a lot of pizza and Wendy's and watch a lot of cartoons, I'm not sure her 
school stuff would be well kept up with, and I'd hate to think what kind of 
a disaster my house would be when I returned.  Plus, she'd be freaked out 
over the whole thing.  I'd like to have a new dog; it definitely makes 
traveling easier for me.  But I haven't figured out how it will work.  If 
she were two or three years younger, it would be logistically a whole lot 
easier, even though it would be hard for me to break away.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jodie and Kahlan
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 8:01 PM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blparent] Guide dog questions

I considered waiting a few more years. I never wanted to give up my
third dog, but my circumstances required it at the time. I was advised
by a couple of dog users to wait a while before getting another one,
but I have a mobility issue that my instructor feels makes a dog a
necessity. TSE knows I have a baby, so we're going to work with the dog
to find out what's best for all of us. I both need and want a new dog,
so I'm willing to do whatever is necessary to make it work for Kahlan,
chris, the new dog and me.

-- 
Hugs from Jodie and kahlan
"Only a fool walks into the future backward."
Terry Goodkind

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