[nagdu] Shaman has passed the blind fold test

Julie J julielj at windstream.net
Fri Jul 10 11:20:57 UTC 2009


Yea Mardi and yea Shaman!
Congratulations!  That is awesome news.

Happy trails,
Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 2:47 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Shaman has passed the blind fold test


> Hi every one,  Shaman has passed the blind fold test. He is now a guide
> dog!  I am so proud of him. He has already saved my butt twice now.He
> refused to go forward when given the command to go, and a car came 
> speeding
> around the corner and went through the red light. Another car backed out 
> of
> a driveway with out looking and would have hit us if Shaman had not 
> stopped
> suddenly and backed up. His training went slow in the beginning but in the
> last 2 months, he really began to get what being a guide dog is all about.
> He still gets distracted some times but when it counts,he is all business.
> Time and age will take care of the distractions. He is 1 year and 4 months
> old now. I got him in January and only started his guide training in
> February. I thought it was going take a lot longer to train him because he
> was so young. Nick did a good job and when Nick was unable to work with 
> him
> due to his school schedule, I worked with him. I also worked him with Nala
> and he learned a lot from her. I have retired Nala, But I will probably 
> use
> her once in a while as she still does not want to stay home. I have to 
> keep
> her happy also. She is on meds for her asthma and it does not seem to 
> bother
> her much this year. Shaman's new harness came the day after my birthday. (
> yes, I am 63 now) I got the harness in Burgundy as I thought that would 
> look
> nice with his golden coat. I hope I will have many good years with Shaman 
> as
> my guide. It took me 1 1/2 years to find the right dog. I do not want to 
> go
> through that process again any time soon!  I am so proud of him! Have a
> great day,  Mardi, and Shaman, guide dog, and Nala retired.
>
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