[nagdu] skiing trip info

MS S TILLETT suetillett at verizon.net
Thu Dec 4 21:55:57 UTC 2008 

I don't know, but I can find out.  

Sue, and Wonder
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: eliza.l.cooper at gmail.com 
  To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users 
  Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:18 AM
  Subject: Re: [nagdu] skiing trip info


  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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