[nagdu] My Guide Dog is Officially Retired

[Marion & Martin]

Sharonda,
    I know it is a difficult decision to retire our guides. I just made that 
same choice about a month ago. Will you be keeping Rusty? I miss my pup, as 
she is staying with my ex-wife while I attended convention and she will 
bring her home to me this afternoon on her way to work. Take care and kep us 
posted on your progress toward getting a new guide.

Marion



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharonda Greenlaw" <sbgreenlaw at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 12:56 AM
Subject: [nagdu] My Guide Dog is Officially Retired


> Hello all,
> While at this great NFB Convention--this was my first one, but not my
> last--I signed the paper to officially retired my guide, Rusty. It's 
> really,
> really hot out here with temperatures at 108 and above. I am on the buses 
> a
> lot more than I used to be, since our car is totaled. Rusty is a 
> 6-year-old
> Chocolate lab. He has been sitting down more and more when we're out on my
> way home from work. We, that's Leader Dogs and I, both agree that it was
> probably time to let him be a pet.
>
> I'm not sure what the next steps are. Seeing all those well-behaved 
> doggies
> and working with one while Leader videoed me definitely makes me want
> another one. I know that I will fill out an application for Guide Dogs of
> the Desert, or the Seeing Eye, or Guide Dogs for the Blind. I will keep 
> the
> list updated on my progress.
>
> Sharonda & Retired Rusty
>
>
> -- 
> Sharonda Greenlaw
> President (Phoenix Chapter)
> National Federation of the Blind
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