[nagdu] Sad News

[Lora and Myrtle]

I had her 7 months. I am going to take her back when I go to class in June
since I can't find direct flights. My mom is taking care of her since I
can't have her in the dorms since she isn't a working dog at the moment.

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Sherri <flmom2006 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Laura, I am sure sorry about your dog. How long have you had her? I have a
> Leader Dog too, Bailey, and sometimes I wonder about her distractibility
> too.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allison Nastoff" <anastoff at wi.rr.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <
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> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 9:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Sad News
>
>
> Hi Lora,
>> I wanted to let you know that I am very sorry about your loss.  I do have
>> some idea what you are going through.  When I was in seventh grade, Indy,
>> our beloved pet German shepherd died.  We managed without a dog for six
>> months, but then my sister and I couldn't stand the emptiness in the house,
>> and not being greeted with a bark and a wagging tail when we came home.  So
>> we went to the Humane Society, and adopted a lab from our humane society.
>>  However it turned out that because this dog was a stray, and probably
>> separated from his mother too young, he had severe behavior problems,
>> including signs of aggression.  We kept him for about seven months, and
>> tried to correct his problems, but he was becoming more and more difficult
>> to handle, and my parents were afraid he might hurt someone.
>> One day, when I came home from school, the dog was gone.  Mom had talked
>> about taking him back to the humane society for several days, and that day
>> she had done it.  Deep down, I knew that we had done what was best for both
>> the dog, and for us, but I missed having a dog so badly that I cried the
>> rest of that day, and was depressed for several days after that.  Even years
>> later, I still find myself wondering where he is now, or if there was
>> anything else we could have done.
>> Just because a dog has behavior problems doesn't change the fact that this
>> dog has become a member of the family, and has filled a place in your heart.
>>  I imagine that this is how you are feeling.  Don't be ashamed if you need
>> to grieve, even cry openly about loosing Myrtle.  But also know that you did
>> what was best, and that while there will be some grieving, life always works
>> out the way it is supposed to.  My family chose not to get another dog until
>> I was ready for my guide dog, and although the five year wait was agony at
>> times, especially when seeing other people with dogs, now that I have
>> Gilbert, I realize that the wait was worth it. Although I still think about
>> the dog we had to send back sometimes, I have moved on.  I am sure that in
>> time, you will too.
>> Allison and Gilbert
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Lora and Myrtle <blindhistory at gmail.com
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
>>>
>> Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>,guidedog-friends at yahoogroups.com
>>
>>> Date sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:51:43 -0700
>>> Subject: [nagdu] Sad News
>>>
>>
>> Today I got a call from my guide dog school and they are sending
>>>
>> a crate to
>>
>>> pick Myrtle up.  She has become a very unsafe guide trying to
>>>
>> lounge into
>>
>>> traffic getting very distracted by other dogs etc.  I agree that
>>>
>> she has
>>
>>> become a very unsafe guide and is not reliable, but that doesn't
>>>
>> make it any
>>
>>> less hard to deal with.
>>>
>>
>> --
>>> Lora and Leader Dog Myrtle
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Lora