[nagdu] Welcome Haben

Haben Girma habnkid at aol.com
Sun Feb 8 09:13:20 UTC 2009


Linda, those volunteer programs sound awesome! Would you send me the web 
address for Paws that Heal? I'd love to read more about it.

thanks,
Haben

lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com wrote:
> Welcome to the list, Haben.
>
> I'm Linda and I live in San Diego - soon to move to Vermont.  Landon 
> is my 3 year old red Lab/Golden cross from The Seeing Eye.  I got him 
> in the October 2007 class. I am 58 years young and have not had a paid 
> job in eons. I've done lots of volunteer jobs to get experience to put 
> on a resume!  Right now, Landon and I work at two pet therapy 
> programs.  One for the Humane Society where we visit various 
> facilities for disabled kids and adults. Landon is certified by the 
> AKC's Canine Good Citizenship Test.  Landon is their program's first 
> actual working assistance dog they've had.  Lots of guide dog and 
> service dog pups, but we are their first working team to be in the 
> program.  The other one is a program called Paws That Heal that is at 
> the Naval Medical Center of SD.  Both Landon and I had to pass a 
> series of interviews for this.  We do a combo pet therapy, 
> socialization, and reintegration work with our Wounded Warriors from 
> Iraq and Afghanistan.  We work mainly with the patients on the mental 
> health ward.
>
> Haben, you'll enjoy this list - it's alot of fun.
>
> Regards,
>
> Linda and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Haben Girma" <habnkid at aol.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 9:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Welcome Haben
>
>
>> Hi Mardi, thanks for the explanations. I love the names of your dogs. 
>> I actually don't have a dog, I'm in the application process for a 
>> Seeing Eye dog right now. So, I'm patiently waiting to learn my fate.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Haben
>>
>> Mardi Hadfield wrote:
>>>  Hi every one,     Welcome Haben.   No, I don't live in Alaska.  My 
>>> Huskies
>>> are "south paws"  We live in Tucson, Arizona.  When I first needed a 
>>> guide
>>> dog, I was told that the schools did not train for wheelchair 
>>> users.Since I
>>> already had a service dog, who was a husky, I hired a trainer to 
>>> help me
>>> train Lily  to guide me. I had to retire her at age 8 as she had health
>>> issues and she died month later, leaving me with out a guide dog.  I 
>>> tried
>>> out a border collie and he did not work out as he had been abused 
>>> before I
>>> got him and he could not handle being out in public. Then I got another
>>> husky, Nala,who was a fantastic guide. She will soon be 10 years old 
>>> and has
>>> health issues now.She has guided me for 8 years and it has been hard to
>>> retire her as she does not want to retire. When she sees me getting 
>>> ready to
>>> go out, she brings me her harness and get all excited. She started 
>>> picking
>>> fights with Wanagi, the dog that I was training to take over for 
>>> Nala. She
>>> is a lot happier now that she is working again part time. Wanagi 
>>> came up
>>> lame with a hip problem, so she was  career changed. I am keeping 
>>> her as a
>>> pet. I have been looking for a dog to take over as my new guide for 
>>> over 10
>>> months. I think I have finally found a dog.I would love to get a dog 
>>> from
>>> Fidelco,but when I asked about it ,I was told that they don't train for
>>> wheelchair users.I would have to pay my way to and from South 
>>> Eastern Guide
>>> Dogs, which I could not afford, and really can't be away that long. 
>>> Guide
>>> Dogs for the Blind would take me ,but again, I can't be away  from 
>>> my home
>>> and business that long. So I guess I will just continue to train my own
>>> guides with the help of my trainer.  Haben, do you have a guide dog? 
>>> If so ,
>>> what breed is it? I love hearing from others and about their dogs.  
>>> Have a
>>> great day,  Mardi and Nala,semi-retired, and Shaman , possible trainee.
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