[nagdu] We Are #4!

Tue Jul 14 17:21:37 UTC 2009

Well, Marion, Southeastern Guide Dogs is the big loser if they have a crappy 
attitude towards its graduates (grin!). Hope you find GDF much better! I 
would assume they are since Janine is working for them! You know, I travel 
all the way to NJ from San Diego to go to Seeing Eye and there are three 
guide dog schools here in California.  But I don't like them much.  So, I 
can understand traveling anywhere to go to a school that we can be proud of 
an association with.

I do hope I'll get to go to a national NFB convention again someday.  Right 
now, I'm looking into a move to Vermont. I'm going there in the fall to 
check out the employment landscape and to spend time with my boyfriend. I 
need to make sure that a big move and uprooting will be worth it (grin!).

If I get work after moving, I hope to go to a convention with my boyfriend 
and then I can meet all of you from NAGDU - and I'd LOVE to help out at 
NAGDU's table or booth.

Take care and hope you two get your dogs soon.

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion & Martin" <swampfox1833 at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 4:25 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] We Are #4!

> Linda,
>    It is great to be home! Proximity isn't our first priority when 
> choosing a guide dog school. Philosophy and willingness to accept consumer 
> input is also a major consideration. SEGDI falls very short on this latter 
> aspect.
>    merry and I were going through some old recordings a couple of weeks 
> ago and ran across some old radio shows we did and an interview I did in 
> the late 80s. Merry said I sounded very different, too, as my voice was 
> much younger. I guess the years catch up with everyone!
>    Like you, I found Dr. Maurer's banquet speech very inspiring. I think 
> it was one of his very best! There were other great speakers, as well, so 
> take a listen to them when you get the chance, especially Carol 
> Castellano.
>
> Peace!
> Marion
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Linda Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] We Are #4!
>
>
>> Hi Marion,
>> I'm surprized that you and Merry aren't returning to Southeastern Guide 
>> Dogs as it's close to you in Florida. I got my first two guides from 
>> Guide Dog Foundation. John Byfield was the Director of Training there at 
>> that time. fidelco was still just a breeder for GSD guides and police 
>> dogs.
>>
>> I'm glad the convention was good. Someone sent a link yesterday that had 
>> Marc Maurer speaking to the banquet.  I got to hear most of the speech 
>> and I was surprized at how much "older" his voice sounded like.  I hadn't 
>> heard his voice since I was at the convention in 2001.  Same great 
>> speeches, though (grin!).
>>
>> Good luck to you and Merry with new guides. That woould be nice if you 
>> two couold train together then the GDF would only have to go to your 
>> place once and train two!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Linda and Landon
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Marion & Martin" <swampfox1833 at verizon.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 5:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] We Are #4!
>>
>>
>>> Dar,
>>>    Although NFB conventions are an awesome place to be and give us what 
>>> Merry calls "a shot of NFB-12", like the old song, There's No Place Like 
>>> Home"!
>>>    Merry and I will be getting community training from GDF. It is likely 
>>> we will do our training together, contingent upon them having a good 
>>> match for both of us at the same time.
>>>
>>> Peace!
>>> Marion
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
>>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 4:33 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] We Are #4!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Welcome home,
>>>> I hope you get a new dog soon.
>>>> Will you and Mary go at the same time?
>>>> that would be so cool if you did.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> --Dar
>>>> every saint has a past
>>>> every sinner has a future
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