[nagdu] New member
Hope Paulos
hope.paulos at maine.edu
Fri Nov 28 23:56:33 UTC 2008
Hello Marion. Could you please email me off-list concerning the
topic of hypnotherapy, please? Can it be done without
professional assistance if done told what to do?
Hope and Beignet
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Marion & Martin" <swampfox1833 at verizon.net
>To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
Users"<nagdu at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:05:35 -0500
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] New member
>Jeff,
> I enjoy traveling; however, because of the need to find
someone to care
>for our dogs, we don't do as many overnight trips as we would
like. Prior to
>next year's convention, Merry and I are going to take a week for
our
>honeymoon and stay on mackinaw Island.
> BTW, I wanted to ask what type of psychology you practice. I
am a
>behavioral counselor, specializing in hypnotherapy for health and
personal
>enhancement. Issues like smoking cessation weight
management,stress
>management, and athletic enhancement.
>Fraternally,
>Marion
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeffrey Schwartz" <sidney.schwartz at sbcglobal.net
>To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
Users'"
><nagdu at nfbnet.org
>Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 7:11 AM
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] New member
>> Thanks Marion,
>> I hadn't figured in the complications of travelling. Do you
take Louisa
>> with you on trips? I travel very little. My wife has some
serious
>> chronic
>> medical problems, and I hate to leave her alone.
>> Better get ready for work,
>> Jeff
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf
>> Of Marion & Martin
>> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 5:37 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] New member
>> Jeffrey,
>> No, I haven't started the application process yet. As I
said, I'm not
>> going to get another guide until Louiza is gone. Merry thinks
Louiza would
>> handle it well, but having dogs that need to be left home while
traveling
>> makes it difficult to do so. So, for now, I will work Louiza
when she
>> wants
>> to and use my cane when she doesn't.
>> Our convention will be held in Detroit, Michigan July 4 - 9.
The annual
>> meetings of the National Association of Guide Dog Users are held
at the
>> convention, generally on the first and third seminar days
(Saturday &
>> Monday this year). The NFB also has a Human Services Division
for those in
>> the fields of Counseling that you may be interested in. the
Convention is
>> a
>> life-changing experience if you have never been to one and what
my wife
>> calls "a shot of NFB-12"! It is very motivating and energizing!
I hope you
>> are able to make it!
>> Fraternally,
>> Marion Gwizdala
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeffrey Schwartz" <sidney.schwartz at sbcglobal.net
>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
Users'"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 10:40 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] New member
>>> Marion,
>>> You certainly have quite a pack of dogs. I was eight months
between my
>>> second and third dogs and took some nasty falls. Have you
started the
>>> application process for your next dog? Not much difference
between three
>>> and four. I had my retired first and active second at the same
time.
>>> They
>>> seem to be very sensitive to the other's ability to run and play
and are
>>> quite respectful of it. When is the convention?
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Marion & Martin
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 8:17 PM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] New member
>>> Jeffrey,
>>> My pup, Louiza, is a 12-year-old Collie/Shepherd cross from
>>> Southeastern
>>> Guide Dogs in Palmetto, florida. My wife also has a SEGDI guide
dog, a
>>> Vizsala named Sydney. We also have a pet dog who rules the pack
- a Corgi
>>> mix named Joy.Sydney is retired and Louiza is semi-retired. I
work her at
>>> least once a week, using my cane most of the time. I probably
won't get
>>> another guide dog until Louiza is gone. She is very healthy,
except a bit
>>> of
>>> arthritis in her spine, causing a little weakness in her hind
quarters.
>>> This
>>> makes it challenging for her to get up stairs and onto some
buses.
>>> Do you think you might be able to make our next national
Convention in
>>> detroit? It would be great to meet you and for you to get
acquainted with
>>> other people you chat with on this list!
>>> Fraternally,
>>> Marion Gwizdala
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jeffrey Schwartz" <sidney.schwartz at sbcglobal.net
>>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
Users'"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 9:25 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] New member
>>>> Thanks Marion. I hope that you have a great holiday. What is
your
>>>> dog's
>>>> name, and where did you get him/her?
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Marion & Martin
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 8:05 PM
>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] New member
>>>> Jeffrey,
>>>> Welcome to the NAGDU list. I am sure you will find a great
deal of
>>>> information and support here.
>>>> Fraternally,
>>>> Marion Gwizdala
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Jeffrey Schwartz" <sidney.schwartz at sbcglobal.net
>>>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
Users'"
>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 7:27 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] New member
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I just joined this week and was glad to read the digest. My
name is
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>> Schwartz. I am a psychologist and have lived in New Haven by
way of
>>>>> Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Scranton. I didn't know that I had a
>>>>> significant
>>>>> visual problem until I was about 20. At that time I was already
>>>>> legally
>>>>> blind due to the insidious deterioration of my visual field from
>>>>> Retinitis
>>>>> Pigmentosa. At age 61, I'm left with little more than light
>>>>> perception.
>>>>> I
>>>>> recently received my third guide dog, Faith, from Fidelco. They
are a
>>>>> superb organization. The founders, Charles and Roberta Kaman
have been
>>>>> raising German Shepherd dogs for about 40 years. Originally
they
>>>>> raised
>>>>> them as show dogs. The story which I heard is that they started
the
>>>>> school
>>>>> after one of the dogs prevented their young son from running
into
>>>>> traffic.
>>>>> John Byfield was their first trainer. He was my trainer for my
second
>>>>> dog,
>>>>> Webster. John is from the "old school". My wife and I called
him the
>>>>> dog
>>>>> Nazi. He was really tough, as were all of the early trainers.
The new
>>>>> breed, if you'll pardon the pun, rely more on positive
reinforcement.
>>>>> I
>>>>> really liked the in community orientation, as you get four hours
a day
>>>>> of
>>>>> the trainer's undivided attention. I don't think that there are
any
>>>>> bad
>>>>> or
>>>>> even mediocre schools. German Shepherds are fantastic dogs. If
I were
>>>>> in
>>>>> the position to select a pet, it would be a GSD. The only
problem that
>>>>> I
>>>>> have encountered is that they tend to be dog aggressive.
Fidelco gets
>>>>> its
>>>>> breeding stock from Germany. They are only a generation or two
away
>>>>> from
>>>>> being working shepherds. Every pure bred dog was selectively
shaped to
>>>>> perform a certain task, even lap dogs. Centuries ago, before
central
>>>>> heating and indoor plumbing people seldom bathed. As a
consequence,
>>>>> they
>>>>> had fleas. They would sit with a dog in their lap because,
given a
>>>>> choice,
>>>>> fleas prefer dogs. Back to German Shepherds and dog aggression.
They
>>>>> were
>>>>> bred to keep the flock together and protect it from predators.
Today's
>>>>> German Shepherds are "hard wired" to see other dogs as potential
>>>>> predators.
>>>>> Like all of you, I have had my share of blind stereotypes tossed
my
>>>>> way.
>>>>> When I was younger, slim and walked with a white cane, I went
into a
>>>>> Wal-Mart's and the greeter asked me if I wanted a wheelchair.
I've
>>>>> been
>>>>> in
>>>>> restaurants with my wife and had the service person ask her "and
what
>>>>> will
>>>>> he have" I guess we have all heard, "you don't look blind".
>>>>> Anyway, sorry to have gone on at such length. I'm glad to have
joined
>>>>> this
>>>>> group and I'm sure that I will enjoy participating. I don't
usually
>>>>> talk
>>>>> so
>>>>> much. Just ask my spouse.
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On
>>>>> Behalf
>>>>> Of lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 5:42 PM
>>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
>>>>> Subject: New member
>>>>> Hi Mardi,
>>>>> I liked the part about "You don't look blind...". That one had
me
>>>>> stumped
>>>>> for years and years. I didn't know what people meant by the
remark. I
>>>>> thoought it was people denying that I was blind. Well, a
sighted friend
>>>>> finally explained the basis of the remark to me. He said that
people
>>>>> look
>>>>> at a blind person and see the blindness. People have this view
that
>>>>> blind
>>>>> people are people who rock, jam their fingers or fist into their
eye.
>>>>> They
>>>>> walk with a stiff-leggeed gait and don't look at people who are
talking
>>>>> to
>>>>> them. In other words, the crappy stereotypes people think of
when you
>>>>> say,
>>>>> "blind person".
>>>>> Marti, you used to be a sighted person. Think back on your
sighted
>>>>> days
>>>>> long before you ever met a blind person. What did your mind
conjure up?
>>>>> Now,
>>>>> me - I've always been visually impaired and I can't and never
was able
>>>>> to
>>>>> see people's faces and the expressions on them. I had no clue
about
>>>>> "look
>>>>> blind" sinse I've spent a lifetime around blind people.
>>>>> My friend told me that when someone tells me that I don't "look
blind"
>>>>> I
>>>>> need to take it as a compliment. The statement really says that
you
>>>>> look
>>>>> normal - like a SIGHTED person! You and I do not have the
so-called
>>>>> "blind
>>>>> mannerisms" that so many sheltered congenitally blind people
display.
>>>>> You
>>>>> learned how to be as a sighted child - what was socially
acceptable. As
>>>>> a
>>>>> child, I was taught by my parents how to be in public and that
people
>>>>> can
>>>>> see what I do. So, you and I behave in a normal socially
acceptable
>>>>> manner.
>>>>> We look at people who speak to us. We don't poke our eyes with
our
>>>>> fingers
>>>>> or fists. Our eyes may look pretty normal - well - mine wiggle
with
>>>>> nystagmus. We rock only to music or while seated in a rocking
chair.
>>>>> I don't remember if you are totally blind or are partially
sighted.
>>>>> Being
>>>>> in a wheelchair, I can see how people think your guide is a
wheelchair
>>>>> service dog. There aren't too many of you out there. I know
several
>>>>> visually impaired wheelchair users but they see too much to use
a guide
>>>>> dog
>>>>> and they don't have a service dog, either.
>>>>> I know it's annoying when people don't know. People think you
are
>>>>> either
>>>>> fully sighted - "Oh, you must be faking it!" or you are totally
blind.
>>>>> People still don't seem to grasp the idea of all kinds of
partial
>>>>> vision
>>>>> in
>>>>> between. I tell them that I have enough vision to be dangerous.
We
>>>>> then
>>>>> have a laugh.
>>>>> Hope that helps! Thank God we are normal people who can give
the
>>>>> public
>>>>> a
>>>>> good impression of who blind people are.
>>>>> Take care and Happy Holidays!
>>>>> Linda and Landon
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com
>>>>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 6:52 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] service vs therapy dogs and welcome
>>>>>> Hi every one, I have had similar experiences with Therapy dog
>>>>>> owners.
>>>>>> They seem to think they know it all. They seem to think,because
I am
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> wheelchair that my dog is not a guide.They can't see beyond the
chair.
>>>>>> My
>>>>>> dog must be a "wheelchair dog",because I use a wheelchair. I
am told
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> don't look blind. Can some one tell me what a blind person
looks like?
>>>>>> Do
>>>>>> they all look the same? I get so aggravated at these people,
that I
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> even try to explain. I just roll away and ignore them. There
are too
>>>>>> many
>>>>>> other battles that are more important to take care of.
>>>>>> Welcome
>>>>>> Ted. All my guides have been Siberian Huskies except for my
current
>>>>>> trainee,Wanagi. She is a Husky/Shepherd cross, and I adopted
her from
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> pound. I have trained my dogs with the aid of a private
trainer. I am
>>>>>> sure
>>>>>> that whatever school you choose, you will get a wonderful, and
>>>>>> faithful
>>>>>> partner. Have a great day, Mardi and Nala, retired, Wanagi,
gdit,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> Tokala,gdit.
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