[nagdu] New to list

[Hope Paulos]

EITHER Ted.  Where are you from? You sdFidelco is close to you.  
I'm from Maine and have a Fidelco dog.  I loved the experience.
i had JohnByfield, one of the best trainersat Fidelco.  Many 
people would say he is the best.  I think my training period 
lasted 12 to 14days and we worked extensively.  He gave me the 
weekends off, though, which was good, because boy did he like to 
getup early! The earlier for him the better! Smile.  The 2 main 
reasons I picked Fidelco was that they train exclusively 
shepherds (which is what I wanted most of all) and the in 
community training.  I couldn't take time off from school and I 
didn't want to wait until the Summer to get a dog.  Good luck 
with your research and please keep us posted about the school 
you're excepted to!
Hope and Fidelco's Beignet
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Ted Shelly <tshelly at optonline.net
>To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:47:47 -0500
>Subject: [nagdu] New to list

>Hello all,

>I just joined the list and I'm hoping to pick up some good 
information on
>guide dogs.  I have been contemplating for some time the idea of 
getting a
>dog and today I am putting in the mail applications to two 
providers -
>Fidelco and Guide Dogs for the Blind.

>For the past few months I've been doing my homework on the 
subject..  I've
>done the Hadley School's course, which has a lot of good 
information.  I've
>downloaded and read several books from Bookshare and I've read 
through the
>web sites of several providers.  I chose to apply to Fidelco 
because they
>are close by and come to your home for training.  I'm also 
applying to GDB
>for several reasons:  They have a facility in Oregon, where I 
used to live
>and still have friends and family.  Also I once met one of their 
directors
>and he gave me a good feeling about the quality of their program.

>I would be interested in other resources that anyone on the lists 
knows of.
>In particular, sources of books or articles that are available in 
electronic
>form.  I checked out the nagdu web site, but there seem to be 
many broken
>links.  The newsletter does not seem to be available at all.

> I'll be interested to monitor this list and observe the issues 
and comments
>of all of you.

>Best regards,

>Ted Shelly
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