[nagdu] New to list

[Pickrell, Rebecca M.]

How did you manage school, combined with training and bonding with your
dog? 
Curious. 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Hope Paulos
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 7:16 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users;
nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nagdu] New to list

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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