[CT-NFB] International guide dog week celebration

Tue Apr 25 14:33:22 UTC 2023

On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 10:28 AM Elizabeth Rival via CT-NFB <
ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Guide dog foundation told me 9 to 18 months to wait for a new dog. Beth
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> *From:* CT-NFB <ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On Behalf Of *CHERI DUQUETTE
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 25, 2023 7:48 AM
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> *Cc:* CHERI DUQUETTE <cbduquette at comcast.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [CT-NFB] International guide dog week celebration
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> Hi,
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> Thanks for sharing your stories.
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> It saddens me to have to share that once again, Paul has been told he will
> have to wait for his dog.  He is going through Freedom Guide Dog, and they
> let him know they won't have a dog until this fall.  At first it was last
> fall, then this spring, and now this fall.  Needless to say he is
> disappointed.  Should he consider a different organization?
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> Thanks for letting me vent a little.
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> Be well,
>
> Cheri
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> On 04/24/2023 12:57 PM Isabel Rosario via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
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> Happy International Guide Dog Week! The Ct Association of Guide Dog Users
> want to take a moment to celebrate and recognize the amazing work of guide
> dogs and their handlers. These loyal and intelligent animals serve as the
> eyes for their blind and visually impaired owners, helping them navigate
> the world with independence and confidence. We’ll be showing our
> appreciation for these incredible animals and their trainers by sharing our
> favorite guide dog stories throughout the week!
>
> We’ll be starting off with stories from Beth Rival -  My first guide dog
> was Sierra from the Seeing eye. A golden retriever and lab mix. I learned
> that letting the public pet her wasn’t benefiting me or my dog. My
> independence was 100 per cent increased by getting a guide dog. It has
> given me the best   years of my life and it gave me a   wonderful
> experience and it gave me all the independence I  could ever ask for. Betty
> and Bruce babysat for her once in a while when she was retired and one time
> they brought her from their home in Wethersfield to our office then in East
> Hartford and she took a big dump when she got to the office. They all
> laughed…  One of my first discrimination stories was when I went to Disney
> and at the airport you would get on a bus to go to the Disney hotels. Well
> they boarded the entire bus and made me wait forever. Then the lady asked
> passengers if it was okay if a dog came on the bus. Then I had to parade by
> everyone to the very back of the bus and was embarrassed, but I said
> nothing because it was my first dog and I didn’t want to make waves… That
> would not be the case with any of my other 2 dogs. Sierra was at Washington
> seminar every February and we proceeded into a taxi to go to the meetings,
> before Ubers etc. I got in the front of the taxi and brought my guide dog
> in and before I could blink, she was slurping the drivers soup in between
> the front seats. That ride cost me a large tip and the price of a  large
> hot new soup for the driver. Luckily, he was a good guy about the incident.
> My 2 nd guide dog would always walk out of  stores like Target with a
> stuffed animal in his mouth  or walk away with one in his mouth from the
> Berlin fair and a police officer shook his hand cuffs behind me and said
> your dog is under arrest, with lots of humor.  I have been asked at least 4
> times from strangers… How can I get one of your harnesses. My response is
> always.. well you first have to be blind. It is very annoying. Many times
> shopping with my girlfriend and her guide dog we are asked why don’t we
> share a guide dog? Also, can I help put your packages in the trunk of your
> car? Don’t they see we can’t drive? The public can be very cute at times.
> I have always owned pets since I was little. There is a great benefit to
> loving a fur baby, but especially when you trust and love a guide dog with
> your life. I wouldn’t change anything  and have loved having my freedom.
>
> Attached are pictures of Beth's guides mentioned in her stories:Sierra, a
> yellow dog, Barkley a big black lab, and Harlow a smaller lab
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> --
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> Best regards,
> Isabel Rosario
> Co-chair|NABS Membership Committee
> President| Connecticut Association of Blind Students
> President| Connecticut Association of Guide Dog Users
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I waited a year and a half to get Winnie and that was just a normal
retrain. Seeing Eye has over 200 people on their waiting list.
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