[blparent] Guide dog questions

[Star Gazer]

I'd agree that leaving during the school year would be difficult. 
You will have summer break though, and if a dog is really what matters, you
may just need to let the pizza and tv concerns go. 
Your bigger issue would be that you'd need to find someone who could do
childcare during the day since Dad will presumably be working. 
Having a younger kid wouldn't change the childcare need. 

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 10:14 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Guide dog questions

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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