[nagdu] meeting for the first time was guide dogs

[Julie J]

Jennifer,

I don't think any two people have the same experience when they first meet 
their new guide.

I train my own guides, so my experience is a bit different.  I looked at a 
lot of dogs before deciding on Monty.  When I first met him, I was going 
through a lot of check lists in my mind.  I had a specific sort of dog that 
I was looking for and wanted to make sure that he would fit in with what I 
had in mind.

When I first met him, he ran around the room like a lunatic, grabbed a couch 
pillow, sniffed everything, wagged like crazy, greeted all the people in the 
room and was generally a typical puppy.   He was cute, amusing and I did 
immediately like him.  However I did not feel any sort of deep bond or 
attachment to him until later.

Everyone is different though.

HTH
Julie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer L Finley" <jenniferfinley at embarqmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 11:06 PM
Subject: [nagdu] guide dogs


> What is it like when you first meat your dog?  I hear that it is a very 
> emosional time.
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