[nagdu] opinions requested about possible next dog.

Mon Feb 1 22:15:48 UTC 2010

Plagiarism is the highest form of compliment, after all.  /grin/

Tami Smith-Kinney

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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Wayne Merritt
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 7:58 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] opinions requested about possible next dog.

Albert: feel free to share on your site if you wish. You've got my
permission. You're better than me in this regard though. If I see
something in an email that I really like and want to post on my blog,
I post it, while giving credit to the person who wrote it and/or
menntioning where I got it. Perhaps this is web plagerism, but as is
often said among kids in school, "but everybody does it." Grin.
Seriously though, post away!

Wayne

On 1/31/10, Albert J Rizzi <albert at myblindspot.org> wrote:
> What would be your thoughts on a person of your years and experiences  and
> feelings which could be shared with other interested teenagers who wanted
a
> guide?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Nicole B. Torcolini
> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 8:02 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] oppinions requested about possible next dog.
>
> I find your comment about too young interesting.  I got Lexia a little
over
> two months before my 18th birthday.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] oppinions requested about possible next dog.
>
>
>> I'm not sure what the percentage of people who try a guide and end up
>> sending it back or going home early in the training program is, but it
>> does happen. I've heard stories from both sides, of a woman who sent
>> the dog back within her first 2 months of being home, after her class
>> date, and the dog was matched with another student successfully. There
>> was also a user in my last class who went home after the first week
>> due to all the dog responsibilities. So it does happen. This thought
>> of giving up even crossed my mind when I was in my first class 15
>> years ago, but I figured that I had made a commitment and I stuck it
>> out. Looking back, my only regret might be that I went when I was too
>> young, at 20, but other than that I have no regrets. Also guessing
>> here, but I'd be willing to bet that if you did decide to get a dog,
>> went through training, came home and then decided that having a dog
>> was too much, or even if you decided this while in training, the
>> school and people in that class would understand and support you. So
>> go for it! And keep us updated on your journey.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> On 1/30/10, Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>>> Hi Stepper.
>>> I too tend to agree with your wife.  You could try it, and, if it
doesn't
>>> work out, well, it was still worth a try.  Although the little weasels
>>> have a way of getting into your heart that makes them hard to give up.
>>>
>>> I remember being worried about the responsibilities of dog ownership
>>> before I got my first dog, even though I'd had pets before.  Then I got
>>> Glade, and the responsibilities were really nothing to have worried
>>> about.
>>>  I adjusted my schedule a bit, and that was it.  The benefits far
>>> outweighed the costs.
>>>
>>> Hasn't it been a goal of yours for a long time, to get another dog?
It's
>>> natural to be nervous about the change, but I think it's worth going
>>> forward.  If it doesn't work out, it's still OK.
>>>
>>> You asked for opinions, and there's mine, for what it's worth.
>>> Good luck.
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
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