[nagdu] skiing trip info

eliza.l.cooper at gmail.com eliza.l.cooper at gmail.com
Thu Dec 4 15:18:45 UTC 2008 

What's the deadline for signing up?  I'm job hunting at the moment and
am not sure yet if I'll be employed.
   Thanks,
   Eliza

On 12/3/08, MS S TILLETT <suetillett at verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi Marcia,
>
> You don't have to go with anyone, and they will asign you a guide.
> Occationally we have to share guides a bit but it has always worked out.
> This year we have more guides than VIPs signed up.
>
> I'm going Tyesday through Saturday this year, not the whole week, but I
> think the whole weeek is $560, but I would have to have someone look on the
> application.
>
> You are in NYC?  It would be fun to have you come.  It is always nice to
> have new people.
>
> Sue, and Wonder
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Marsha
>   To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>   Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 7:00 PM
>   Subject: Re: [nagdu] skiing and guide dogs
>
>
>   What does something like this cost? Do you have to go with a
>   mate/boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse?
>   Thanks for the info!
>   Marsha
>
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>   Of MS S TILLETT
>   Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 11:57 AM
>   To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>   Subject: [nagdu] skiing and guide dogs
>
>   I have been going to the Land of the Vikings regional ski for light
> program
>   in Sherman Pa, and it is really a wonderful place and a lot of fun.  They
>   don't want the dogs out where folks are skiing but they do welcom dogs who
>   are okay staying in the room while you are skiing.
>
>   It is a very rustic lodge and the rooms are small.  It has a really nice
>   livingroom with a round fireplace with couches and chairs all around it.
> It
>   is laidback and relaxed.
>
>   This year we have more guides signed up than vips, so I thought I would
>   write to urge some of you to come.  It is the last week of January I think
>   from Sunday the 25th to Sunday February 1st.  You can fly, or take a bus
> to
>   Binghamton New York, which is about 45 minutes away, and someone will pick
>   you up.  Some of us do a shorter version from Wednesday to Sunday and they
>   will do pickups on Sunday and Wednesday.
>
>   If we don't have snow we hike.  It is so quiet and peaceful, the food is
>   wonderful, and at night we play board and card games, and some of us bring
>   instruments.  My friend who comes as a guide, plays piano and accordian
> and
>   folks like to sing around the piano.  I decided to learn to knit this year
>   so that I can sit by the fire and knit.
>
>   Anyway, it is good fun, not clicky, and everyone wants to get to know
>   everyone and is friendly.  You can call me at 609-924-7489, or she-mail me
>   at
>   suetillett at verizon.net
>
>   I hope one or more of you will join us.
>
>   Sue, and Wonder
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Angie Matney
>     To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>     Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 6:44 PM
>     Subject: Re: [nagdu] opinions of other blind people
>
>
>     Hi Marsha,
>
>     Yes, it does make sense. I know it can be hard to get past the guilt of
>   retirement. My first dog retired and 9.5, and I had to deal with guilt
> from
>   that, since, after all, some people's dogs work untill they're 11 oar so.
>
>     Anyway...it's hard to move past that, but you can trust your own
> judgment.
>   If you're just not sure, try to imagine what an instructor would say. And
>   even if you happen to make a mistake at any point, it's not the place of
>   your friends to tell you how to
>     handle the dog. Putting a dog on tiedown or in a crate is not abuse.
>
>     Best,
>
>     Angie
>
>
>
>     On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:13:40 -0500, Marsha wrote:
>
>     >Oh I know that SE would have told them that if the dog is working well,
>   if
>     >they are being fed and parked, and seem to be happy then whatever. It
>   just
>     >seems I have run into this much more here than any where else. I should
>   make
>     >up SE cards and hand them to a person when they try to do this to me.
>
>     >But I guess as a good handler, I say good because I think I am very
> good
>     >with my puppy, that when ever people say something to me it makes me
> feel
>     >guilty. It makes me question what I am doing, how I am doing it, and so
>   on.
>     >I just do not want to be wrong, I am on my second guide, and the first
>   was
>     >retired, and yes there is a lot of guilt there. I just want to be doing
>   the
>     >best. So for me it is a fine line between being right knowing what I am
>     >doing right is really right for me and then defending what is right. I
> do
>     >not know if that makes any sense?
>     >Marsha
>
>
>
>
>
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