[nagdu] opinions of other blind people

[Chasity Jackson]

What are SE cards? what do they say on them?
Chasity
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <leadinglabbie at mpmail.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 5:44 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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