[nagdu] new

[Hope Paulos]

Hello Katrin. Where abouts in the Northeast do you live? I would contact 
Freedom Guide Dogs. The reason I mention them is because they train people 
with multiple disabilities (I know your blindness is due to sensory 
processing) and they might be more willing to work with you. I hope 
everything works out. Freedom trains  labs and collies (sp). The director of 
training was my instructor at Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation. He recently took 
the job at Freedom.  I'd contact them  to see if they might be able to get a 
dog for you.
Take care and I hope everything works out.
Hope and Fidelco's Beignet
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] new


> Katrin,
>
> Welcome!  I'm Tammy, in case you're using JAWS, but I spell it Tami so now
> answer to Tommy as well.  /smile/  I'm an owner-trainer, too, working my
> first guide, a poodle named Mitzi.  She will turn 3 in just 2 weeks, so is
> really just beginning her career now that her  handler (me) seems to have
> gotten it together so that we can be a smoothly operating team.
>
> Like James, she is a lot of fun to live with, and she still keeps me 
> really
> busy playing soccer and going to the park so she can run.  We went on our
> first hike with her working the trails last weekend, and she was 
> fantastic.
> It was really fun.  Now I need to learn where we are when we're hiking so 
> I
> can give her good direction instead of letting her pick the turns.  /lol/
>
> I'm sorry your puppy had health issues and had to be CC'd.  I don't plan 
> to
> have to retired Mitzi for a good many years, but I'm already wondering how
> to manage that given the difficulty of finding a replacement to train and
> the sheer statistical likelihood a prospect won't work out after all. 
> Ugh!
> So I still watch what people say about the programs and certainly keep 
> that
> option in mind.
>
> As for how the schools would look at your condition in evaluating you for
> admission, I can't begin to guess.  Functionally and perceptionally, it
> makes no difference whether the blindness is in your brain or your 
> eyeballs.
> You can see or you can't, and if you can't see, you're blind.  I hope you
> can find a program that will see it that way.  Do you have a good
> neurologist or ophthamologist who can write a letter explaining your form 
> of
> blindness?  Do you know if your condition has enough recognition that you
> can provide informational material to help the admissions staff grasp the
> issue?
>
> Good luck, and welcome!
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Katrin Andberg
> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 8:27 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] new
>
> Hi
>
>
>
> I'm new here and have been reading the archives and this sounds like a 
> very
> knowledgeable and interesting group.  I currently am partnered with James,
> my guide of 6 years, who I owner-trained. James is a flat coated retriever
> and a lot of fun to live with.  I recently had to CC my puppy in training
> due to health issues.  I'm considering going to a program somewhere in the
> north east when it comes time for James to retire, rather than owner train
> again.
>
>
>
> I'm not legally blind, but I use a guide dog for a sensory processing
> disorder.  I have a difficult time visually processing the world around me
> at a normal rate due to that, so James is trained to work as any guide
> would.
>
>
>
> I hope to learn a lot reading here on this list.
>
>
>
> Katrin & "James"
>
>
>
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